Most underated albums......

I love McLoughlin too! "Birds of Fire" is a great album, but the high water mark of his career is "Friday Night In San Francisco".

John McLaughlin with Shakti is outstanding! He's always had an eastern infusion to his music, and the Shakti stuff is great!

I also really like the disc he did way back when with Carlos Santana, "Love, Devotion, Surrender."

If you're into J. McLaughlin then be sure to check out "My Goal's Beyond". It's an acoustic album with two longer tracks with a band (eastern influenced jazz), but the highlight is side 2 where it's just him on guitar (with overdubs) playing some of his own compositions and a few jazz standards ("Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" and "Blues In Green"). Also be sure to get a listen to his work with Miles Davis - my fav being "Tribute to Jack Johnson".

Enjoy!

roger waters - radio kaos
tom waits - blue valentine
ben harper - fight for your mind
richard thompson - mirror blue
pink floyd - obscured by clouds
crosby,stills and nash - CSN (from 1977)

k.d. lang - Absolute Torch and Twang
Mark Knopfler - Soundtrack from Local Hero
Grateful Dead - Reckoning
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon
Marshall Tucker Band - Where We All Belong