I hear you on the tears of joy. I got into Styx in the mid-80s, which was a terrible time if a person was entertaining thoughts of seeing them perform live. I remember driving home and hearing the local classic rock station promoting the concert with the classic lineup in '96 and couldn't believe my ears! At the show, I was grinning from ear-to-ear when they started in with RTP and there were several other times I welled up with tears of joy (as discreetly as possible, to avoid my wife noticing

). Of course, then I remember being equally bummed about hearing the news about Dennis in '98. I've seen the new lineup several times and I think they put on one heck of a show, but '96 was still the best.