Gary Moore is truly one of the greats of the British school of the blues. His albums are consistently strong and this one is no exception. In fact, I’d say this is actually one of the best discs he’s produced. It’s a nearly perfect slab of modern blues with a healthy dosage of rock. I say “nearly” because there are two minor missteps. The track, “Holding On” has a bit too much of a generic modern sound for my tastes and doesn’t really stand up to the rest of the material here. The other minor issue is the closing track, “Trouble Ain't Far Behind.” It’s not a bad song at all, but at almost ten minutes in length it drags a little at times and seems like a bit too underwhelming to close the album. All in all, though, this is a killer modern blues disc and shows that Moore remains one of the most consistently strong proponents of the British blues movement around.

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