The first night at the Gorge is the better show, but nothing else from 2009 even comes close to the Seven Below > Ghost from this show. The Gorge show had some great jams; Possum, Sally, Light -> Taste, and Gin are all well above average, the Sally is even in the running for best of all time, yet none of them compare to the joyful, frenetic, festive chaos of this second set opening sequence.

As far as the rest of the show goes, there is lots of solid playing all around. The Wolfman's, Julius, and YEM are all very nice, and there are lots of tasty treats in the first set as well. Party Time, Uncle Pen, Sanity, and Vultures all in the same set? Yes please! There are even nice renditions of Foam and Alaska taboot.

However, this show isn't without its vices. The first set Melt is a disaster. Its atrocious, actually. The last four minutes are comprised of near endless flailing as they try to bring the 9/8 bar back, to little avail. They are finally able to bring it back and end it, but it takes forever and is not good jamming. The jam before that is pretty nice, and even gets to a relatively unique place, but the last third of the song is downright painful to listen to. Also, Let Me Lie is just a shitty song. Joy and Show of Life are infinitely better, and I'm not even a huge fan of those.

All in all though, a great show, just not as consistent in its greatness as the Gorge show.