Considered by many as the guitarist’s guitarist, Holdsworth is one of the true innovators of the instrument. Acknowledged for his use of advanced musical theory in stretching the possibilities of melody and harmony by using weird and wonderful chord progressions. Eddie Van Halen is name checked in the credits, and I’m sure it’s because of Ed that Ted Templeman is an executive producer.
This basically is an extended EP, and with only has six tracks, it clocks in under 25 minutes. This is one for the muso’s amongst you as there aren’t many real time songs, although, the title track Road Games has a normal song structure with lyrics and everything, and the track Was There (which has the amazing Jack Bruce on vocals) is the best track on the album. There is no doubt that Holdsworth was an incredible player, and his playing here is exceptional. Ably accompanied by the amazing Jeff Berlin on bass, and Chad Wackerman on drums, this album is for jazz fusion aficionados and for the curious.
7.5/10 from The Grooveman.
