The long blonde hair, the crazy guitar solos, the sheer kick-ass, rock'n'roll-ness of it all this MUST be Acolytes Of The Sun in concert!

After a lay off of nearly three months due to drummer Andy's bout of appendicitis, the band reappear looking more confident than at their November debut - prompting even Andy to smile halfway through!

Walking on to a taped intro from 'A Fistful Of Dollars' - which gets up everyone's noses after a few minutes - they burst into their own short instrumental intro before the not-particularly-cryptically-entitled "Get Down To Lovin'".

The repertoire has been expanded slightly since the debut two and a half months ago and Paul's voice sounds better than at the Tunnel, though for most of the set (well okay, ALL of the set) he remains static at the front of the stage. The band's playing is confident - well they've had enough time to practice, after all - and the music soars, dips and swirls until Jamie suddenly realises that drinking that last pint so quickly was probably not such a good idea after all.

There's no "Jumpin' Jack Flash" or "Gimme Some Lovin'" tonight, but they do treat us to a rendition of "Does Your Mother Know", which makes you giggle when you realise you know every word. Curiously though, no one I spoke to admitted to any familiarity with this experience.

The set builds to a climax with "Crazy Horses" - complete with flashing strobe for the manic ending and the band leave the stage to cries of "encore!", etc...

On leaving, Jamie rather untactfully informed Paul of his impending departure, whereupon the poor bemused guy was left to stew in his own bafflement.

The evening was rounded off nicely by a trip to North Weald to drop off Philip "Wandering Hands" Macy and to witness the spectacle of Jamie relieving himself in the beam of another car's headlights.

Set: Intro, Get Down To Lovin', L.A. Bust (3-0-0-1), Does Your Mother Know, Free Yourself (Trans European Excess), ? (Slow And Poofy), Liberty (Body), Interstate (Meet Me (In A Godforsaken Place)), Crazy Horses, Outro