On
Tooth and Nail
,
Don Dokken
and
George Lynch
began to develop an impressive interplay, as the vocalist worked off the guitarist's powerful riffs.
Dokken
doesn't possess a great voice, but he has enough skills to make the cliched material sound convincing. But what really makes
a worthwhile listen is
Lynch
. The guitarist is a wildly inventive, lightning-fast instrumentalist, and there isn't a single solo on the album that isn't worth hearing. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine