The first set, as already widely noted, is very uneven, despite (or because of) several rarities, including a Phil Collins tune ... ah, no, sorry that was Brian and Robert. (I like that song very much, mind you, when played by Trey alone, see his 08/02/08 gig.) Sure, Forbin's Bird is great, Sanity is properly demented and SOAM is awesoam (honestly, the jam is beautifully creepy, a perfect comment on the preceding Sanity).

As for Set 2, my stupidity makes me think it's the shortest second set ever, as my ears can't think of Antelope as anything but a closer. Anyway it's a pretty average Antelope. Carini's jam drifts nicely into Waves territory, but the transition itself is pretty bad, I feel, as if Trey forced it on his bandmates, and Fish demurred. Waves itself is as beautifully dreamy as usual, until Tweezer creeps in and starts off in a funny fashion. Unfortunately, Fish locks into a mechanical beat until well into the jam. Said jam is pretty good, very spacey (it could have segued nicely into 2001), albeit a bit flat perhaps. We breathe nicely with Dirt, and then Mike's Groove brings a very good second jam and nice Treyism in Blaze On.

Contact is Phish's best song as far as lyrics are concerned, so it makes for a pleasant encore. I've never been a Frankenstein fan, but as an energetic closer it sure does its job.

All in all, while I think this is a very good show, I don't think of it as a show for the ages. The Carini-to-Dirt dream sequence is sure worth repeated listening, but there is more to a show than the pièce de résistance.