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This video delivers Toshio Egawa, the Japanese #1 keyboard wizard. He has Eddie Jobson his androgyn looks, Keith Emerson his bombastic approach and Rick Wakeman his elegant virtuosity. Toshio his mother was a piano teacher, she can be proud of her son, what an extremely talented and creative keyboard player he is! On this video Toshio is accompanied by a very dynamic, adventurous and energetic rhyhtm-section, the drummer and the bass player sounds like the Japanese counterparts of Neil Peart and Geddy Lee, an incredible level for such unknown musicians! Toshio will certainly please progheads who love bombastic and virtuosic keyboard driven progrock: splendid runs on his Korg Trinity synthesizer with often, very spectacular use of the pitchbend button and powerful work on the Hammond organ along warm and sensitive piano play. It's great to look at Toshio who combines pleasure and virtuosic play. His sound and style incorporates the best of early Keith Emerson, UK (mark II) and Rick Wakeman solo, he delivers one after another flashy and exciting solo, mighty close to the famous keyboard heroes from the Seventies. One of the highlights of this video is ELP's cover Toccata, it even sounds better and more exciting than the original! But also the renditions of the songs from their early albums are absolute phenomenal, even without the sound of the guitar player because Toshio plays so exciting synthesizer. Another highlight is Toshio his sensational play on the Yamaha Key-tar (a hybrid of a guitar and keyboard), especially when he stands back to back with his bass player, the stunning interplay evokes the best of mid-Rush! JAPANESE PROGROCK AT ITS BEST!!!