Exactly. Fucking boring.
The guitar was probably buried cos people would die of boredom listening to Steve Howe's guitar.
Just go back to Wetton/Downes: Icon and let John Payne carry on as Asia, playing whatever the fuck he likes, he still does it better than the "original" line-up have done since 1990 (and even then they replaced Howe with Pat Thrall...)
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