Curated by the Holdsworth family – always a sign of quality – this is a bumper bundle not only for Holdsworth fans, but anyone curious about innovative musical journeys. This line up only played one tour together, this Korean gig being its climax. But of course both Haslip and notably Husband enjoyed long and fruitful relationships with the guitarist who here exclusively plays his headless Carvin rather than synth-axe. Subsequently there’s a grittier attack to Holdsworth’s playing than may be found on other late era recordings.

That’s also reflected in some of the material like ‘Red Alert’ and a coruscating ‘The Un-Merry-Go-Round Part 5’ that dates back to Lifetime. The DVD is excellent: directed with multiple cameras that never intrude. We also see the crowd, young, wrapped to their chilly noses because of the night air cold, but evidently ecstatic, so we get a sense of their experience too. The real bonus though is a heart felt interview with Haslip as he recalls seeing Holdsworth with Tony Williams while he was still a wanna be muso himself, never dreaming he’d one day play with him. The bassist also talks sensitively of the man himself, reflecting on Holdsworth’s sense of his own worth, how Haslip felt his job after a show was to “tell him [Holdsworth] he did a great job.” As Haslip notes, Holdsworth “struggled to conform with being here on this planet.” That fragile genius comes through on the solo piece ‘Above and Below’, the guitarist’s ‘Lark Ascending’. A part of this trio, yet apart from them on stage, Husband and Haslip watch reverently as Holdsworth, rapt, reaches for the ineffable. We’re lucky to have such recordings to remember his music by.