Another terrific review! My own thoughts, on my 30th Phish-iversary show:

This was another excellent night of Phish. Trey seemed more on point in the first set than he'd been last night, though the jams were not as deep. Still, I enjoyed the extended PYITE and the imrpov in 555 and Plasma. I thought that everything was played well. I love Phish's catalog, and if they are playing songs like Reba, Free, and Guelah with precision and energy, it's a great set. I even thought My Soul was great--that's how tight they are at the moment. Moonage Daydream was an explosive set-closing treat.

I thought the Chalkdust to open the second set would go big, and my sense was that the band was expecting that too, but never quite found a groove. It's not a bad version by any stretch, but it felt like they kept hunting around for ideas and eventually let go. Twist to follow was Type I but very well played.

The 30 minute Ruby Waves was the jam of the night easily. I'd take the Golden Age from last night ahead of this, but this jam was relentless. I'd need to listen again to describe it: it's the kind of music where you can just get lost for a long time. No wild changes in mood or tone that I can remember: just a deep, persistent groove.

The fourth quarter wrapped things up nicely. I like Monsters, and SOAM was the set's second highlight: thick, noisy, powerful playing.

The encore was Waste, SANTOS. This was, to the day, the 30th anniversary of my first time seeing Phish. This pairing left me feeling introspective, thinking back to that day on Jones Beach three decades ago, and the dozens of amazing nights and adventures in between, wasting so much time with this silly, brilliant, inane, wonderful band. "You will always remember where you were." Indeed.

Overall, I found night 1 stronger--that Fuego, Golden Age pairing is for the ages--but this was an excellent show with a very special Ruby Waves as the standout jam and some very good playing throughout.

Here's to the next 30 years.