Japanese audiences always seemed to have a thing for melodic radio bands from the U.S. -- , , and reigned supreme in the land of the rising sun at various points. Another you could add to the list was . When the band came out of retirement and decided to fire up their engines once more, Japanese dates were set in support of their 1997 release, . A year later, was issued, the group's second Japanese live set (preceded eight years earlier by ). Despite the aforementioned break from the action, the boys sound as tight as ever, and stick closely to the original versions (no or makeovers here). Although a crafty tactic is used by the label -- using '80s era photos of the band, despite the recording being from the late '90s -- long time fans are sure to enjoy . All the expected favorites are included -- and a piano version of -- as well as tracks off (the title track, etc.). Besides the clothing fashions sported on the aforementioned album cover, if there was any doubt that was an '80s band, it's confirmed once and for all by which includes not one, but two unaccompanied guitar solos. A nod to and , perhaps? ~ Greg Prato