ET eye-witness Art Cohen thought this performance in Boston was “MASSIVE... much more coherant than Sunday night's in Hartford. Hartford was good but last night was STUNNING. The "VROOOM" and "Thela Hun Ginjeet" that opened the set were about as good as I could imagine any King Crimson music to be, and LTIA4 was unbelieveably heavy. Once again the band seemed to be having a lot of fun onstage. Adrian even said "Good Evening, I'm your host, Quincy Braintree" at one point. (!!)” Meanwhile another eye-witness Peter Shindler put it this way “These guys were like a high-energy punk band (even Fripp, in his own way), playing like their lives depended on it, and loving every second of it.” Pete’s not wrong - this stuff absolutely cooks and one of the reasons it does so is due in no small part to Mastelotto’s propulsion. Shindler pretty much nails it when he observes “Pat: The perfect drummer for this KC lineup. Not to disparage Bruford, but Pat's got a much better sense of groove, which is totally appropriate here. He rivaled Belew for sheer presence, and I think he generated enough energy on Monday night to power downtown Boston for a few weeks. He's playing the biggest drumset in the world, having augmented his V-drums with some acoustic drums and some random triggers here and there. The earlier comments comparing him to Animal from "The Muppet Show" are quite correct.
