Wow, both Bananas and Rapture of the Deep were pretty good! Ian can't wail quite like he used to, but then I didn't expect him to. He still has the style and passion in his voice, which is more important anyway.
I've never really listened to Steve Morse outside of Dixie Dregs and a couple of solo albums I have of his, which I have filed with my Dregs anyway. Well, and with Flying Colors now, too. It's pretty cool hearing him in a heavy rock format. I knew he had the chops, but didn't know if he had the patches.
I didn't think anyone could replace Jon Lord, and no one did, but the new guy is pretty good. Was that a synth solo I heard in "Back to Back"? Whoa.