Moving to London in 2005 to study for a postgraduate jazz course at the Guildhall, the Danish guitarist-composer Kristian Borring releases his second CD as leader following 2011's Nausicaa. His warm, mellow yet shiny tone draws from the more pastoral, Brazilian-inspired side of the post-Metheny school inhabited by guitarists such as the Gary Burton New York-based sideman Julian Lage. The sound of the latter's vibes-guitar combo is similarly semi-evoked on half of Borring's originals in his pairing with the in-demand vibraphonist Jim Hart. The guitarist tends to switch frontline partners between Hart and the elegantly chilled southeast London-based pianist Arthur Lea, and the band is well attuned and responsive to Borring's well-crafted compositions. His soothing, ringing tone on guitar hints at Pink Floyd's David Gilmour as well as Antonio Carlos Jobim and Wes Montgomery. If the band can seem reluctant at times to get out of first gear, Borring's set of originals are engaging and their subtle rhythmic and harmonic twists add to the interest.