What year was this?

[Rockindeano]

Dude was young....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRIsq8B5 ... a%20Virgil

I see Friga on Keys but who are the other dudes?

[*Laura]

It was 1995.Steve Smith was on the album too.And some other drummers as well.Tommy Bradford,Mike Carabello,José Chepitó Areas on percussion ,Tony Saunders on bass.

[*Laura]

Here`s a nice review on Neal`s album:

NEAL SCHON - BEYOND THE THUNDER (1995, HIGHER OCTAVE)

"A deviation for the Journey guitarist this time around, with the lush, and ambient instrumental album 'Beyond The Thunder'. Released on the mainly New Age-ish type label Higher Octave, it was a chance for Schon to show his wares in a different setting, less hard rock, but more in the vein of atmospheric guitar passages, similar to the work done by Starship's Craig Chaquico for the same label a few years earlier. There is a heavy Spanish/Latin feel to 'Beyond The Thunder' which lends this album to being a good companion piece around the dinner table, and with Jonathan Cain's trademark synth backdrop, the album is awash with rich harmonies.

Neal's work on the album is both breathtaking and memorable. Not for the fact that he's letting a guitar solo fly off the handle at a hundred miles an hour, as evidenced by the tremendous solo on 'Send Me An Angel', but more because of the understated approach taken on tracks such as the swelvt 'Bandalero', or the breezy syncopated approach of 'Espanique'. 'Big Moon' the opener, has hints of his 'Late Nite' era, and to a lesser extent so does 'Boulevard Of Dreams'. The World Music theme rears its head on the ambient 'Someones Watching Over Me (Iguassa Falls)' as well as the soundtrack oriented 'Call Of The Wild', while the acoustic picking of 'Deep Forest' sings out over the top of some lush string arrangements."

[Wildfire]

Man, the dude can play......now if he's just leave the pr to someone.

[NealIsGod]

That's my favorite Neal solo tune. At least of his "New Age" stuff.