The name Kiko Loureiro may not mean much to most people but in the heavy metal community, he is regarded as one of the better guitars out there. His day job is with Angra but now he has decided to put out something all his own. I have always thought that Angra was very musical, so it comes as no surprise that this disc is chock full of great guitar playing but more importantly, it contains songs. Like Joe Satriani, Loureiro knows that the song should come first, and then let the guitar sing over it. I bring up Satriani because many of the tracks here have that style that many people are using. Unlike the Ben Trexel CD I reviewed this issue, this one is more of a shred-fest but it still can be enjoyed by us non-musicians.

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