When the Crimson boys came to Orlando a certain drummer caught the eye and ear of ET eyewitness Ne13 who waxed thus: “bill bruford was simply the most amazing presence i have ever seen behind a drum kit. one thing i noticed about his drumming style - it's all in the wrist for him and lower arms. (not unlike dan marino) the reason he gets off his attack with such speed is his ability to just flick those wrists with such power... bill bruford, my friend, is a devastating drummer whose equal i now know i have never seen. put aside the telpathic communication with mastoletto, put aside the demon snippets he constantly laid down in front of us. what truly astonished me was the way these two drummers would be building up greater and greater ferocity, each one's solos ebbing and flowing like the tide... the mind boggles i tell you... air beats, double/triple/quadruple timing the beat, playing ahead and behind the beat, crunching the beat with mastoletto right down on top of levin's throbbing bass lines, filling the space and yet leaving space for everyone.... miraculoso...” Part of the improvisation in Thrak found its way onto This Night Wounds Time on THRaKaTTaK
