Yea, I don't really see the need for JLB to write more if they are going to continue with their musical direction, because whoever is doing the writing now, it is working for me.
As for the rest of progpower, I feel like the lineups are usually hit or miss because they are all smaller bands you either love or never heard of essentially. Last year was mostly a miss for me, but this year with Nocturnal Rites, Bloodbound, VUUR, and Eclipse (maybe Tarja falls into this catagory as well) are all bands that I otherwise wouldn't be able to see if it weren't for ProgPower.