Part of my full run through of Summer '98, see here

For the second night at Deer Creek, the band dips into the cover well yet again, this time with the Smashing Pumpkins' Rhinoceros, which is quite dutifully done. Getting Halley's immediately after this feels like the real intro to the show. At 6 minutes in we break free and immediately get into a nice funky groove. The jam is upbeat and peppy with a lot of bounce. At around 11 minutes Mike lands on a new theme in a different chord, and Page then Trey follow while Fish holds down the beat. Shortly after that it starts to get more spacy and approaches ambient territory, and Fish switches to a more driving pace. Instead, at a little past 15 minutes, this shifts to bliss mode instead and starts to conjure up echoes of the Gorge Mike's Song... but just shy of a real peak the band makes a dark turn instead which makes this jam much more interesting. We have a slow, heavy retreat to end the song and then a surprising segue into I Didn't Know as a release. Really fantastic way to start the show. The band continues the covers trend from the second half of this tour; after debuting a cover in the opener they provide a bustout in the form of Ride Captain Ride. Cars Trucks Buses and Moma Dance both sound great here. Strange Design is a great cool down here, and that allows the band to close things out in a rollicking fashion with Character Zero.

My one dig on the previous night's show was the lack of a signature jam. Well, if the Set one Halley's was not good enough to counter that point, then this second set Gumbo opener more than makes up for it.
The song proper is standard and then at around the 6 minutes the band launches into a somewhat typical Manteca-esque groove section, but as has been the style this tour, the band settles into this one, plays around with it, and thoroughly explores each iteration of the theme. At around 9 minutes the tone on this one gets brighter and approaches the same sort of "semi-bliss" status that Halley's hit earlier in the show. Rather than get dark though this time the band embraces the funky party vibe of this portion of the jam; this is very fun now. At 13.5 minutes Trey strikes a new theme with an airy vibe to counter the rhythm section's funk beat. It's just a fantastic groove at this point. Finally at 16 minutes the band reprises the Manteca theme to the delight of the crowd and everyone listening years later, closing this out with an amazing peak. This is one of my favorite Phish jams ever; sometimes I think I like this more than even the Riverport Gin. Stuff like this is the reason why I wanted to do this full tour listen in the first place.

Axilla fits nicely into the second slot of the set. This is yet another stellar Limb by Limb from a time period where this song was a show stopper almost every time. This one achieves extra bliss and then descends angelically; a top tier version for sure. The rest of this set is fine; Meat is standard and the Bike bustout is fun. Tube is good, but just not at the same level as other Tubes from this tour. Wedge is a strange choice for a set closer here though. As has been the case for several shows this tour though the band delivers a multi-song encore to compensate. Circus is standard, but the Antelope feels like an energetic conclusion to this great two night stand. Overall I think this is definitely one of the better shows of the tour... the end of the second set doesn't feel too strong (which seems to be common on this tour) but you have one, arguably two signature jams here with Gumbo and Halley's (and Gumbo is a best-ever contender). Highly recommended show.