23piper makes a great point. The first set was kind of like one long angular jam. If you notice almost every song sort of comes from the dark side of the force, and the band really goes for a consistent style of jam that finally culminates in the Slave. I could feel that Slave coming a mile away, and I mean that in a good way. The set needed the good side of the force jam to balance out the set, and I thought Slave was perfect for that. We don't need to get into the "best Slave" discussions, it wasn't, but I enjoyed it immensely. The first set as a whole was mostly cookie cutter but super well executed.

The second set had two things that stood out WAY beyond anything I've heard anyone say here. I thought the Disease and the Tweezer were big time and really blew the doors off of things. There was some fantastic interplay between Page and Trey in the waning moments of Disease, even birdlike sounds fluttering across the galaxy before they finally descended into Birds. And Tweezer was a raucous riot. I am an unjaded old vet who was a rookie in 91 and who watched this show on Couch Tour, so I cover plenty of different bases here. I thought the show was totally solid. All geared up for tonight...