MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

A neo prog classic, one of the best debut albums by a band like this. I could not believe my luck when I found this double CD containing the Steve Rothery demos! The extra CD recording quality is outstanding and the songs are all very good for its time. Jadis is something quite odd in the progressive world. Their guitar driven sound may no be that symphonic or avant gard, but from the start the group sounded like no one else and that's a quality everyone's looking for and very few can achieve, much less in their first efford.

This CD is a winner form the first chords of the classic Sleepwalker to the very final notes of the 9 minutes great instrumental Holding Your Breath. No fillers here. Jadis never sounded like a Genesis or Marillion clone like so many of its peers. Even with the help of IQ and Marillion members, Jadis music is very unique. Love it or hate it. And More than Meets the Eye deserves every bit of fame it gained since its initial release in 1992. The band may have come a little late for a neo prog act, but it proved to be one of the best with a good CD released after the other. And this is their very esssential work. If you like prog music in general this is amust have. Highly recommended!