On the album, Cyrille is joined by members of the band Māōnō: saxophonist David S. Ware, trumpeter Ted Daniel, and bassist Lisle Atkinson.

[2] Henry Kuntz, writing for Bells, suggested that, on Junction, Cyrille paid tribute to fellow drummer Sunny Murray.

He commented: "You can hear it on the title track; also on 'Okurinomo,' a slow, high-pitched, ritual-like chanted tune, that evokes from Cyrille the subtly repetitive wave-like motions... that have come to mark the work of Murray.

Interesting that this should happen as Cyrille's playing moves more in the direction of ritual... for in that type of structure, repetition is frequently used to great dramatic and evocative effect.

I doubt that Cyrille's playing on these pieces is deliberately (ritually) derivative... but is likely more a felt improvisational response to the nature of his own compositions – the emotional demands of the moment.