GSW was one of those bands from back east that some of my friends got into instead of Phish. They were around when GD was in full touring force and never got a real big following out West, even after JG died. I had Red for about a month and tired of it. I did not think they were all that in comparison to other bands coming out @ the time. As the years have gone by my opinion of GSW has grown considerably though I still consider them one of those bands that are cool to listen to but do not offer anything drastically different from other Improv bands.
ARU on the other hand totally SMOKES!
That is a band I was bummed to see fold it in. Glad to hear they be jammin\' sum more.