Last night I had, unquestionably, the greatest concert experience of my life. After twice witnessing band breakups (one of which was the day after my birthday in 2008 and just four days after the release of their third album), I got to see one of my five favorite bands ever, Byzantine. The setting could not have been any more to my liking: neighborhood bar, about 20 people in the crowd, I was right in front of singer/guitarist O.J. the entire show and only five feet away max since he was playing ground level, I got my entire Byzantine discography autographed by him, and these awesome pics with him and my great friend, Ed. Also, the dude couldn't have been any nicer or accomodating.