AOR Supergroup is an apt title for these guys. Welcome back Terry Brock and hello again to Randy Jackson and Mark Mangold.
Their debut album takes some listening to, but is richly rewarding once you get to know the songs.
And that is one problem the guys had to over come on this evening. No one, bar the journalists present had heard the album!
It was released officially at the gig and a good sign was that it sold out before the guys even hit the stage.

These guys were truly awesome. Once again, you have musicians that have more than 50 years experience between them, with Mark Mangold, Randy Jackson and Terry Brock all old hands at stage performing.

To start with there were some technical difficulties that saw Terry Brock stranded out front on his own at the mike. This is where the professionalism and experience came in handy.
Terry proceeded to chat with the crowd, saying what a great time he was having, singing a few bars, and generally thanking the crowd for supporting the gig and them and how cool it was to be in England to play.

When they did kick it off, it was with the ambitious lead track from the debut album - the seven minute plus prog epic I'm Alive.
They nailed it completely and went onto to run through half a dozen tracks from the album in fine style.
Mark played his over shoulder keyboard like a man possessed and showcased just why he is the best keys player in melodic rock.
Randy Jackson shredded like he should and was in fine voice for his turn as lead and while also providing backing vocals and harmonies.
And what can I say about Terry Brock? The man is a God. Not content with his awesome vocal performance on the album, Terry proceeded to blow everyone else of the stage with his pure power and passion. With no disrespect to anyone else present, this was the best lead vocal performance of the night.

Another highlight was the harmonies. Like Two Fires, there was at least 3 lead vocalists on stage and they matched it with each other beautifully.
I think there might have been a few that were not as captured with this performance as some others. Primarily because the guys were playing tracks from an unknown album and a record that is quite technical and required more than one listen to get to know.
Hopefully next year, the material will be better known and if they come back, they will certainly rock the house once again.

What did hit the spot was the last 3 songs of the set. If anyone wasn't convinced before this, they should have been satisfied with versions of Zebra's Tell Me What You Want, Strangeways' Love Lies Dying and to finish and bring the house down, the Touch classic Don't You Know What Love Is.
Sensational!