Blue On Black is not an usual blues trio Although they have some blues influences, the true thing is they are much closer to hard rock than to blues In fact they always keep a bright intensity, that makes them get closer to 70’s groups and musicians like Led Zeppelin, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Taste, or even Humble Pie, Deep Purple, Atomic Rooster, Free, Blue Öyster Cult and even Wishbone Ash, they have borrowed some ideas and musical concepts As you can see his influences are the most varied ones to satisfy a wide range of different audiences Practically the whole band turns around his charismatic leader who, besides singing and playing guitar, has mostly written and arranged the fifteen songs included in the album, as fourteen come from Keith Howe and his two close men he trusts in, Paul Arnott bass and Nigel Masters drums The three musicians form a compact, consistent and very effective trio This is their third album, so if you think you will enjoy them and you want to give them a chance, here they are