Buckethead Mask of Warka

John Waite's second solo album, No Brakes, reached the Top Ten, almost entirely on the strength of "Missing You," a truly perfect single. It was a hell of an act to follow, and Waite couldn't quite deliver, at least until he re-teamed with former Baby Jonathan Cain in the late '80s with Bad English. During those years in the wilderness – roughly 1985 through 1990 – he released two albums, 1985's Mask of Smiles and 1987's Rover's Return, which are combined on this CD reissue.

“In the jazz sea, teeming with the daring, impetuous and utterly merciless young tenor saxophonists, Ben Phlox is the one to pay attention to. He is distinguished by patience and passion, directness and kindness. He does not blind with a flurry of notes and does not hit the tsunami of technology. But his wave is the widest and most powerful. And more importantly, he can dive deeply. The sound of Ben seeks to get to the bottom, looking for the soul of things. " When such a flattering statement belongs to no one else than Joshua Radman, it is worth listening to him. It is not surprising that the thirty-year-old native of California, who has been living in Brooklyn for ten years, Ben Flock, with legitimate pride, posted this quote on his website.