Typically on .net, after a particularly good show, it will tend to get littered with 5 star ratings and reviews until it inevitably gets balanced out with 1 star ratings because people didn't think it deserved such a high rating, to plateau at a 3.8 as shows since 2009 typically do.

This is one of those shows where that isn't necessary - because even though I'm obviously having a little bit of recency bias right now, I well and truly believe that this show is worthy of 5 stars. Besides the obvious factor that goes into this of HOLY SHIT GAMEHENDGE, the factors that make this more than just a Gamehendge show puts it to a high standard.

First of all - the band was locked in. The playing was to a particularly good point where it even made me enjoy A Life Beyond the Dream - my 2nd least favourite Phish song. There was this moment during the (jammed!) AC/DC Bag, where Trey stared off and you could just tell he was absolutely in the zone. Although there were flubs, it's unlikely to find a flubless show among the pantheon of incredible shows. The difficult compositions within the Gamehendge saga were obviously practiced, and the extra choir and synths(?) added to the high level of musicianship.

Second of all - HOLY SHIT GAMEHENDGE. There isn't really much to explain with this point, except for, it's The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, except with a whole broadway stage production taboot. Everything, from the costumes, to the Rhombus stage design, to the new expanded lore (Split Open and Melt is about the Gamehendge mountain being a volcano???), made this show such an iconic experience that can really translate to relisten. You can feel the energy in the room, and the energy is crazy. If this is the peak of 4.0, I'm totally fine with that, yet the Sphere shows may blow this completely out of the water. 5 Stars.