Nick Johnston has never sounded more poetic than on his latest solo album Child Of Bliss - its title the English translation of his wife's name. He's blurring the lines between progressive rock, blues and jazz as he so often has done in the past, but this time boiling his ideas down to their core ingredients. The man whose name appears on Schecter's best-selling artist model says he's never felt this content in creativity and tone...
Your instrumental music has always had a vocal-like quality to it, but this latest work feels like your most hook-laden yet...
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