This was the third time I'd seen Terry in action this year, having gone over to see him in Boston and New York back in May, playing with Eddie Jobson and John Wetton in the band UK. To see that line-up performing together for the first time in 33 years was a dream come true (and an opportunity I simply couldn't miss), and it was great to hear Terry today talking enthusiastically about them working together again, including the possibility of a return to Europe.
It was shame to see so few people there today, but I suppose the matinee timing might have put a few people off, and in truth it did feel a bit weird. Still, if a tasty slice of seriously top-drawer prog like UK doesn't exactly bring in the punters, the idea of watching one man bash away on the drums for an hour and a half at lunchtime probably isn't going to have mass market appeal (ask for a show of hands when you're back in the office on Monday - you'll see).
But that's probably just as well. For me, it was ninety minutes of pure heaven. What better way to spend a rainy Saturday afternoon than to see a master magician conjure hypnotic rhythms from so many different continents and cultures with his monster kit:
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