"When the Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack LP was released in 1981 (...) it was recognized as a landmark album because it was the pianist's first solo recording, and the musicianship that was displayed revealed a side of Rebennack that had been somewhat obscured by the psychedelicized, funkified, hoodoo Nitetripper persona he had crafted ... The (...) outtakes that appear on the second disc are as good as anything on the original".