From what I heard, yeah, I agree. I saw one of the last shows on the Fortress tour and Myles was the best I had ever heard him live, personally. Much better than the gigs I saw on the Blackbird and III tours. Sadly, I missed TLH tour (my wife went, however), but I'm hoping that they finally capture Myles in a live release when he's really ON. I wasn't all that impressed with Live from Wembley. Amsterdam was a little better, but his voice on those two live albums is a lot thinner than I remembered.
I think the Amsterdam DVD was a good performance, BB (song) was incredible, New Way to Live was amazing, the Robert Johnson thing was very impressive, and I think that version of Watch Over You from that DVD still stands as my favorite performance of that song. I agree his vocals on Wembley were a step down from that - I see that as a combination of three things (1) the vocal production did not do him any favors (if a guys voice sounds thin, you can thicken it up), (2) they were at the end of a very, very long tour cycle and he had done Slash stuff before that as well so I think his voice was just tired, and (3) the ABIII tour was probably his worst vocally due in part to bad tempos from the band. They fixed the tempo issues since by playing to click and his vocal delivery had improved greatly because of that.
I know some of us have been around since day 1, and then a lot of new fans with each album. For those of you that didn't get to see Myles in the ODR days, you really missed out. Myles with no guitar, just soaring vocals! And that was way before the Slash days where he polished his front man skills. Pure, unfiltered, no rock star showmanship (which I have no problem with). Just a talent that steals the show.
God damn I fucking love these guys!
Honestly, for me it was a give and take. I'd say that era had pros and cons. The biggest pro for me was Myles' voice seemed to have much, much more body to it back then, his tone had more depth, and he could concentrate on nothing but singing without worrying about playing guitar. Ironically, him not playing guitar is also a con for me. Once they integrated his guitar playing into the band on BB, I feel like they really found what I consider the great AB sound, a balance of Myles and Mark's writing.