Musically, British guitarist John McLaughlin has clearly returned to the heyday of his influential American band Mahavishnu Orchestra. But where has the spirituality of Mahavishnu John McLaughlin gone? He got this name from his Indian guru Sri Chinmoy in the late 1960s, but he no longer uses it. With his ferocious fusion jazz rock, Black Light is reminiscent of albums like Birds Of Fire (1973) and
… Between Nothingness & Eternity (1973) by his former band. His nimble guitar clusters mainly duel with the drums of Ranjit Barot, as he once did with Billy Cobham. Abstract grooves and hectic passages succeed each other in waves. But that's it, because it doesn't really want to get off the ground. The (spiritual) content of the past is missing. Well played, though.more
