Another well received splendid blues album, by a singer, guitarist and song-writer who was completely unknown to me until now who, in my personal opinion, has a good promising future in front of him if he carries on. Arsen Shomakhov is one of the best promising artists I have recently found and his new work for Blues Leaf has not a single bad track on it. Eleven joyful bright blues, full of excellent West Coast swing, funk and groove, together with shuffles in a variety of tempos and rhythms, including Arabic and hypnotic sounds like in the song “Sweeter Than Honey.” Half of the cuts included are Arsen’s own ones and the rest come from Jimmy McCracklin, Eddie Burns or Fito de la Parra and Larry Taylor among others. Remarkable final production, instrumental arrangements and mixtures, as well as all musicians involved in this excellent recording. This is an album that should not go unnoticed to all good fans. Pay attention to Arsen Shomakhov. He has many things to say in the next future.