OOOH, Romdrums, that's an interesting combo you've laid out there. I'm a fan of both Rabin and Sherwood, and would have liked that.
I'm a full-on Yes fan, meaning, I like almost everything from Yes to ... well, I didn't like Heaven And Earth" at all, but I loved Fly From Here. I even like Tormato; the only other album that is for me unredeeming is Open Your Eyes.
I've found that the 3 1/2 Rabin albums - 90210, Big Penetrator, Talk and his pieces on Onion - seem to hold up better. The highs may not be quite that of Going For The One (my favorite album of all time by any band), but there is nothing in the Rabin Years that approaches the depths of Open Your Eyes, Heaven And Earth, "Circus Of Heaven", or "Arriving UFO".
His solo stuff is more hit or miss, but I LOVE Jacaranda.