having been lucky enough to have watched the original box set video nearly 20 years ago, i'm amazed to find that going back and watching the dvd after all this time, this incredible show has lost absolutely none of its magic. i like my music varied and interesting, from extreme metal to obscure european folk, from jazz standards to contempory classical oddities. of all the various recordings i own, this is one of the few live shows where i honestly can't find a single thing to point out as being anything less than totally spot on. yeah, sure, metal might be considered cheesy by people who take their music a bit too seriously, but at the end of the day, it's simply used as the most powerful way of getting the entire album concept across to the listener, and it works superbly well.