GERARD

I was quite impressed with this album; a great symphonic one emerging from the 80´s, driven by keyboardist extraordinaire Toshio Egawa (his solo spot on the Novela live album is amazing and shows a clear rendition/tribute to Keith Emerson). There´s a good balance between keyboards and guitars and between the more agressive and quietest moments. The japanese vocals are tolerable. From the 3rd album on, Gerard became some kind of heavy-ELP-metal-keyboard, sometimes too much histeric. That´s why I apreciate so much this album, a much more balanced one.