"13 terrific tunes that should launch him far beyond being a little-known legend on his home turf into national blues notoriety. Santana is a commanding, fat-toned harmonica player in the George Smith tradition and a tough guitarist whose staccato approach brings to mind such Texas pickers as Gatemouth Brown and Johnny "Guitar" Watson ... Santana delves deeply into 1950s blues and especially R&B and rock 'n' roll, particularly of the New Orleans variety, for the songs and the styles in which they're performed ... Kid Andersen, who co-produced most of the album with Santana, surrounds the leader with some of the best guitar players in northern California ... one of the most listenable and boldly authentic sets of old-time R&B sounds to have hit the streets in recent memory".