Childhood prodigies rarely soar in their maturity, but Lage, now in his late twenties, is starting to lay down some most original sounds, perhaps principally heard within Gary Burton's and Eric Harland's band. Now for the first time he's recorded a trio album entirely on electric guitar, and more specifically a Telecaster. Not surprisingly, then, especially with Wolleson behind him, there are echoes of Frisell, with whom he also shares a fascination with pre-bop and country vibes. And like Frisell he's able to distil a dazzling array of ideas within the briefest of performances. So cuts like ‘Nocturne’ have a distinct Frisell edge, and then you realise it's an old Spike Hughes number that Lage has reinvented. ‘Persian Rug’ is an even shorter bright burner, all scintillating runs and remarkable articulacy that is gone as swiftly as a shooting star. There's a lot of Chet Atkins in here, a dose of cowboy swing that's hard to resist, even when it's rather perversely, but wittily, imposed on Handy's ‘Harlem Blues’. Arclight is just that, a bright light shone on very specific, finely wrought musical miniatures that unfold untold pleasures.