In an interview with All Out Guitar, he stated that, "these studio versions are a lot closer to what I meant the stuff to sound like when I wrote it".

The band intended to keep those tracks but, producer Jan Cyrka insisted that they should record the drums again, this time in a better studio.

It was then when Paul Cornford decided to fly the band to Hollywood in order to record the guitars in Richie Kotzen's studio.

Kevin Dawe refers to the way Guthrie utilizes guitar layering to create "dense musical settings and backings".

[8] He explains that Govan achieves this through the use of heterophony, multi-layered harmonies, varied chord voicings and dynamic rhythmic grooves.