[10]The band used a 40-foot sunglasses-wearing sphynx[11] from the album cover on their stage, naming it "Leon", which featured the ability to emit fireworks and lights from its mouth.
[6] Lonna Baldwin, a reporter from the Spokesman-Review who had attended the performance in Spokane on September 8, 1990, opened her review with the acknowledgement of the number of heavy metal fans that had turned out for the concert that night.
She praised the usage of the band's entrance from the sphinx prop at the back of the stage, noting on the roar from the audience.
She concluded her review, stating that each song was enthusiastically received by the audience as well as the "standing throng in front of the stage".
[13] Peter Atkinson, a staff writer from the Record-Journal, also gave a positive review following the band's New Haven performance.