The Rarity of Experience 1

'The Rarity of Experience' is a massive (in every sense of the word) double album that brings in new members of the Solar Motel Band to accompany Forsyth and his guitar, as it wigs out into multiple dimensions of awesomeness. In addition to new members and new tunes, The Rarity of Experience also features the group's take on Richard Thompson's 'The Calvary Cross' and the old Forsyth standards from his solo days, 'Boston Street Lullaby' and 'The First Ten Minutes of Cocksucker Blues.' Few modern groups would sound equally at home onstage at the Fillmore East circa 1969, CBGB's circa 1977, and Lounge Axe circa 1996, but The Solar Motel Band of 'The Rarity Of Experience' is such a band. It unequivocally places Forsyth at the top of a very short list of modern bandleaders worthy of carrying the torch of the masters.