Neil Zaza's first CD of instrumental music in 1992, Two Hands, One Heart harkens back to an earlier Neil where shred and ripping were king. Temper this with some great songwriting, a remake of "In The Mood" in "Miller's Atomic Mood Swing", and jaw-dropping technique such as in "Climb The Alps", and you have a CD that you must have in your collection. Zaza gets somewhat neo-classical on "...Like It's Going Out Of Style", Zeppelin-esqe on "Geronajoe" and downright Mexican on "Hat's Off To You", once again demonstrating his versatility and fretboard nimbleness.
French guitarist Patrick Rondat`s An Ephemeral World features 10 new songs and Rondat`s interpretation of a Bach partitia for solo violin. Another vibrant and powerful album - refreshingly different - demonstrating once again why he is hailed as the guitar hero of France. Rondat began to write songs for this album as far back as 2001 - "Tethys" was then in the early stages of completion - and at that time was considered as a possible title track. As more songs were added, the concept of An Ephemeral World was born.
