Eric Gales - Crystal Vision

If you're a guitar player and your tastes lean toward blues, hard rock or metal adding this album to you collection is a done deal. Gale's guitar work blends together the technical expertise of Joe Satriani, the wild fury of Buddy Guy along with the soul & blues power of Jimi Hendrix & Stevie Ray Vaughn (just to name a few, you get the idea). And tone?...killer guitar tone right up front and in your face. The production job and overall sound is tremendous. I have all of Eric Gale's albums and "Crystal Vision" is by far the best of the lot. Where Eric Gale's guitar playing on previous albums has been steeped primarily in blues/rock, "Crystal Vision" blends in heavy chunks of metal and solid "crystals" of funk while still being true to his blues roots. Anyone familiar with Stevie Salas, think of a Stevie Salas album with better vocals, better songs & yes, as good if not better guitar work. My personal favorite is the cover of the old Joe South song, "Hush" (also covered by Deep Purple back in the late 60's). Gale's version here actually shows Ritchie Blackmore a thing or two.
If you're a fan of the previously mentioned artists (Hendrix, Vaughn, Satriani, Salas, Guy) or just a fan of great guitar albums, get this album ASAP!  It has been in my car cd player for about a week now and ain't goin' anywhere soon. I highly recommend it.
Rating? 9/10