Nice list Kade - of those I have the Vanden Plas already , with the Overland, Vanishing Point and HoL on the way. I'm hearing rather mixed reviews on all of them bar the Vanden Plas so will be interesting to see how we find them.
Interesting to hear re Barnes and the Journey guys. From what I've seen his voice is shot in a live setting but if they can pull something off in the studio that's even half as good as Freight Train Heart then I'll be interested,