Greg Serrato is of the fortunate few. Although he has gigged in Canada and other areas of the US, there are spots on the globe needing to hear his fretboard virtuosity. Primarily Serrato works the Californian club circuit with some gigs in Hawaii and points beyond.

A left-handed player, Serrato is a fret burner whose name should be a household word and can stand toe to toe with slingers in the same trade. With bassist Mark Fry and keyboardist Chris Desoto, the Lordan/Serrato cd "Eyes Of A Woman" has enough guitar dynamite to torch a rainforest.

Serrato's vocalizations are a healthy marriage with his high octane licks. Opening track "The Real Thing" comes out of the starting gate like a burst of dirty lightning. Instrumental "BL's Groove" features drummer Bill Lordan's hammer and nail beats with the rest of the band snaking along in a funkified state. Working with Lordan, Greg can't resist covering Robin Trower's "In The Money." For just a couple of minutes, its the 1970's all over again. Serrato nails this sucker recreating Trower's wildcat snarl leads.

The beast still roars in "Your Guilty Conscience" that sees Greg working his pedal box, dripping notes in orgasmic blues-rock euphoria. Aside from Robin Trower, the other main influence is Jimi Hendrix and Serrato is worthy as the next man in dancing with Jimi's ghost. Where other guitarists are overdoing "Red House" and "Voodchile" to death, Serrato really does his homework and almost replicates Hendrix' "Room Full of Mirrors" into a psychedelic custard pie.

Ending track "Blues For Jimmy" is Greg's way of delivering a eulogy for Robin Trower's old bassist/singer James Dewar who went to rock 'n' roll heaven a couple of years ago. It was Dewar's singing that gave Trower's "Day Of The Eagle" anthemic status and passing the Hendrix scepter for Trower to carry. When Greg sings of crossing "The Bridge of Sighs," not only is the reference obvious, but a grim reminder another link was taken from the chain.

Lordan/Serratos "Eyes Of A Woman" moves forward in time. The train stops on occasion to pick up its ghost riders James Dewar and Jimi Hendrix and proceed to a musical realm constructing a newer bridge of sighs.

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