So, in addition to the Morse/Morse/Portnoy/LaRue project, apparently Neal is working on a "Testimony 2" album, as someone has posted on the SB forums (cited from the InnerCircle newsletter). I'm not sure how I feel about it, but if the music is fresh it might be good. If it turns out to be a rehash of themes/motifs from the first Testimony, I may have to rank it lower than Lifeline. However, if it begins with "Part 6", I'll rejoice in the "continuity" of it!
Also, Roine Stolt has gone on the record as saying he's highly interested in working with Neal/Mike/Pete again and is actually writing material that has yet to have a home (which could be for Agents Of Mercy, Transatlantic or *gasp* The Flower Kings). He says Neal really enjoyed the album and tour and it's great success, so if Neal wants to, I'm sure Mike and Roine would be ALL OVER doing another album, they'd just have to work around Pete's schedules with Marillion, and their own schedules as well.
However, it would be a lot for Neal if he was doing a solo album, the Morse/Morse project, AND Transatlantic... But hey, Roine released 3 albums last year (3rd World Electric's Kilimanjaro Secret Brew, Agents Of Mercy's The Fading Ghosts Of Twilight, and of course Transatlantic's The Whirlwind)... Maybe Neal could pull off the same feat?
-Marc.