Well this was always going to be a good one. And in this particular case it was a great one shared with the best possible company :)
First time I saw the Crowdies was back in the early 1990's at a free gig in Hagley Park on my first ever visit to Christchurch. Of course since then I think I've seen every incarnation possible of the Finn family- brothers, solo, Betchadupa, Liam, Liam with dad, brothers junior, everything except Split Enz. And of course that little oversight is going to get fixed in March 2008 now!
We arrived near the end of Pluto's set, so I can;t really rate them. But the specially reformed Supergroove then proceeded to warm the crowd up very nicely thank you very much with a trip back down memory lane with the 1990's funk jazz fest, much like the Chilli Peppers on speed really. An energetic and enthusiastically received show.
The main even started off with a great version of Private Universe and then carried on for an hour or so with a mix of old and new tracks. Some of the new stuff has grown on me nicely- especially People Are Like Suns and the excellent Transit Lounge- there is a lot going on in that one when you give it a few listens.
For a few moments early on the band wandered off into freefall a bit often, but minor gripe really, this was more than made up for and soon forgotten with the stirring final encore of Don't Dream Its Over, the haunting Into Temptation, and Better Be Home Soon.
Everyone left happy, have to say not as good as 1992 but this was still great- 8 out of 10.
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