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A line up that included John Wetton, Eddie Jobson, Bill Bruford and jazz guitarist Alan Holdsworth was never going to stay together long. Jobson and Wetton were rock and roll guys (having played with Roxy music, Uriah Heep, Zappa) while Bruford and Holdsworth were interested in jazz music. They did make some interesting music with this album, but it's no surprise that they soon broke up after this album was completed. The opening suite of "In the dead of night", "By the light of day" and "Presto vivace" is outstanding. "Thirty years" also has its moments, but is ruined by Wetton's loud bass during the instrumental bits. "Alaska" is mostly Jobson playing keyboards and "Time to kill" is the kind of boring AOR Wetton started to do on the later Asia albums and his 90s/00s solo albums. "Nevermore" is the album's highlight. It's full of Bruford and Holdsworth's jazz influences, yet Wetton and Jobson are in top form as well and for once the combination between jazz influences, Jobson's keyboards and Wetton's bass and vocals sounds exactly right. "Mental medication" is again a poor track. Overall the album's inconsistent, but with half of the tracks being that outstanding it is well worth getting for any fan of one of its members. Those who, like me, prefer Bruford and Holdsworth's contributions to the album should check out Bruford's "One of a kind". 4.5

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