@SpreadEagle....

Very long-winded post with lots of run-on sentences, but I think your main point is that they've done this (Sunday night) at other times and that this show should not be considered a watermark? Not sure I agree with your presumption about that. @J_D_G never said it was the greatest show of all time, he simply made an eloquent argument that it was consistent with the greatest shows from the past and therefore made his general observation that Phish was "back". Whether or not we individually agree with his perspective on history, we all agree that Phish is back to being Phishy.

You also make the underlying point that Phish never "left", therefore how are they "back". Others here have taken umbrage to the supposed bashing of 3.0 in favor of the "glory years", and I will always raise my hand in agreement with that notion, but the reviewer made an excellent case for his perpective and spoke for many.

You harp (pun intended) on the Burgettstown '03 show quite a bit. If your point is that Burg' 03 compares favorably to this show on Sunday, then yes, I agree with that. There are many similarities between that show and this one. Both have some electric moments in the first set and some bust-outs throughout. Musically, I would give the nod easily to Burgettstown as superior, but in the context of where we are with the band, from a fanbase perpective, this show on Sunday was quite something.

The fact that we are still in the middle of tour should temper our desire to enshrine it too soon. As enjoyable as this show was, I don't think it will ever get the airtime on my stereo that, say, 8/19/12 or 12/29/13 get. It just won't. I mean, this show probably must be compared to the Bomb Factory and I must listen to that once every two years.