Thanks to a recommendation from this board, I bought John West´s 2nd solo album "Permanent Mark" a while back and just love it. I would recommend this to anyone who likes melodic, rather epic metal and have to say it´s one of the most consistently good albums I´ve bought in a long time. Admittedly I don´t like "Mind Journey" as much - his first solo album - but it sure has its moments and so I´m on the lookout for more JW stuff.
I understand he sung on Cozy Powell´s last album "Especially For You". Can anyone give me some details of it? Was it Japan-only? Mainly instrumental? Who plays guitar? Is it any good?
The other thing i´d like some info on is Artension. I listened to "Machine" briefly and frankly the songs and West´s voice sounded great. What grated were the too-frequent and frankly irritating keyboard solos on every song. Is every Artension album like this?