"Champion shows himself to be a writer of subtlety and strength ... This is a guy who can play the blues without hesitation or fear, always pushing the edges, with riffs, licks and runs that rip along at real pace without ever loosing the all-important need for feeling and get-down-there groove ... he has ripped ahead of the myriad others plying the blues trade and produced the album that could and surely should secure his place at the top table".