I made the mistake of listening to the Liquid Tension Experiment cd's first, everything I heard from JP after that was kind of a let down - because LTE was just so damn good. I have JP's solo album too but I can't get into it - the first track kicks ass but it kind of loses feel after that point. Maybe the whole point was to make a loose improv driven cd - excellent playing but lots of meandering lead without any direction (to my ear!).