SET 1:

Punch You in the Eye: Awesome way to get this show started, tons of energy here. >

Down with Disease: Absolutely exceptional, perhaps the best version they have ever played. This jam defines this all the best this tour has to offer. Each section is a master class. I personally love the last section – the cool down – each member is completely in the pocket and communicating with one another on the highest level. This is Phish at their very best. Highly recommended and an easy all timer! The segue into Maze is like quietly sneaking in through the back door after midnight as a 17 year old when your curfew was at 10. ->

Maze: Tons of loops in the intro, love it! Page’s section is fun. Trey section is interesting. For much of it, he sort of lays back in the cut. Then out of nowhere he brings it out these quiet depths and explodes like an atomic bomb on the climax. Pretty cool. Would recommend!

Dirt: Soulful.

Limb By Limb: Trey utterly destroys this version. The epitome of Machine Gun Trey. This is a must hear Limb, he puts on a clinic. Fish goes for the ending at one point and quickly rescinds realizing Trey is actually going for more peaks. 45 seconds later he manages to coax him back to the ending. Highly recommended and an easy all timer.

Loving Cup: Standard. >

Rocky Top: Standard.

SET 2:

Drowned Similar to DWD. It just absolutely smokes for a long time, up through about 12 minutes. It settles and then they get into a blues styled jam. The interplay between each member is exquisite. This one though has a section that is a quiet, psychedelic, ambient traipse. It’s amazing. The trippy segment here is about double the length of that similar section in DWD. Highly recommended and an easy all timer!!! Also, like the segue out of DWD, this one just sneaks through the backdoor into the debut of Roses are Free which had to have been a major surprise! ->

Roses Are Free: Debut. Good but close to the vest. ->

Big Black Furry Creature from Mars: BBFCFM was for the first time since August 6, 1996 (118 shows) – huge bust out! According to Phish.in there is an Electric Funeral by Black Sabbath tease in here – super, super sick! Very intense. >

Ghost: This one has such a beautiful, patient build to it. It’s like a frog in being put into a pot filled with pleasantly tepid water and gradually heating up before it knows it – it’s boiled to death. Same here, before you know it Trey is exploding all over your face and your mind is blown to bits. It’s crazy how fast this one gets! ->

Down with Disease: This is really just an ADD afterthought it’s over before you know it and segues nicely into JBG ->

Johnny B. Goode: Standard.

ENCORE:

Waste: Have watched this many times on YouTube. Great version.

Summary: What a show! One of the very best from any tour and any year. Just big bangers all over the place. They were truly inspired on this Thursday night in Rochester. Only two more shows left on the tour in Albany and right in their backyard! The current rating on .net is right on the money 4.643/5 (375 ratings).

Replay Value: Down with Disease, Maze, Limb By Limb, Drowned, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Ghost