I know Haken is big in the prog world. I haven't given them a real good listen, honestly. That said, am I the only one surprised that Mike didn't get a more widely-known group of musicians to back him. Yeah, Haken is popular with prog guys, and it was a prog cruise. But one thing that occurred to me a few months ago, was this would have been an excellent chance to finally hear John Arch sing Dream Theater songs, like Portnoy wanted pre-LaBrie. I was a little surprised Arch, or even a guy like Nathan James (whose band opened for the Winery Dogs in the UK) wasn't recruited.
Glad MP was happy, and fans loved it. I guess I just expected some bigger names...