Not as consistent as his debut, due to the presence of a few pedestrian blues-rock numbers. The better tracks, though, show continuing to expand his horizons with imagination, particularly on the cuts with string and horn arrangements by noted jazz arranger . 's workout on 's "Jive Samba" is probably his best solo performance, and an obvious touchstone for the Latin-rock hybrid of (whose own debut came out the same year); on the other side of the coin, "Boo-Bee-Doo" is one of his sharpest and snazziest straight blues-rockers. ~ Richie Unterberger