@andrewrose said:

CK5's work nicely showcased here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0MOeM_gVUc (Dig the hands in front of the camera aroud 17 mins)

The Twist jam does kind of meander from minutes 8-13. I quite like the initial stuff right out of Twist that Mike is leading, but is gets less interesting. When Mike and Fish lay down this almost Middle Eastern vibe just before 14 minutes and Page starts prancing on top of it though. Holy hell. The build from that point to finale is some top-shelf stuff. Maybe not as amazing as I thought listening the time, but still great. (I still think the Blossom Cheezer is the tour highlight).

This isn't new though. They used to do this all the time! They talk about it explicitly on the IT DVD, maybe it's Page. Sometimes you have to mess around for a while to get to the sick stuff. The 90s were full of it.

I also loved the Bathtub Gin jam. It was a lot more interesting than most Gin's have been in recent years.

No doubt. And I'm with you on a couple other counts. It's fine that it gets a little lost, but the Gin is absolutely great. Upon re-listening I expected less, but I found a lot more. Trey swings so melodically, and finds all kinds of great notes and little riffs. And while I agree with @noob that the NMINL is really interesting, the end of that Dust is so cool and the Tweezer is fantastic. I realize that it's a standard progression, but in a version scattered with teases, I thought they were going to enter Melt before Lizards breaks free.