Dammit.
I'm not looking to blame or be mad at anyone over this, I'm just disappointed in this happening.
When I became a PoS fan around Scarsick the lineup still was pretty static, and the Ending Themes live set really made me excited to see the band one day. The Road Salt albums were great in studio, but I finally saw them on that tour and was disappointed. With so many years and changes I felt like when I saw them on the cruise in February it was totally different. They went from a band who was a long anticipated disappointment to a band that had fully regained their glory and even pushed beyond it. A huge part of that was Ragnar both in studio and on the stage. Despite seeing them twice on the cruise I did something I hate doing if it can be avoided and went into NYC later in the tour to see them a third time. Glad I did.
The one-two punch, both vocally and on guitar of Daniel and Ragnar was something special, and I'm sad that it was relatively short lived.