Paul Rutherford's been making amazing sounds on trombone for decades – and he still sounds incredible here on this late 90s performance in Japan – a set that has the trombonist working with percussionist Sabu Toyozumi – but at a level that really seems to let Paul take the lead on most numbers! The set begins in a slightly tentative way – with Rutherford maybe going for some more familiar modes of expression, but quickly opening up as Toyozumi fills in the spaces between the notes – always in ways that seem to encourage Rutherford to keep moving to take the lead, with a nice degree of sonic sensitivity. Titles include "Beer Beer & Beer", "The Conscience", "Dear Ho Chi Minh", and "I Miss My Pet Rakkyo"