[3] In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote that the album "could serve as the soundtrack of a war," and commented: "The violent interplay between Caspar Brotzmann's acid rock guitar feedback... and Peter Brotzmann's bass sax, tenor, clarinet and tarogato... at first is quite jarring.

"[4] The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings called the album "a remorseless meeting" and "a collision between two elemental forces," and noted: "even with amplification at his disposal, the younger man can't overpower his partner...

"[5] Deborah Sprague, writing for Trouser Press, stated: "On Last Home, the guitarist's collaboration with his father ranges from strangely poignant to outright hostile — the overall tone is not unlike one of those coming-of-age films wherein dad blusters about his accomplishments loud and long enough to prompt a raging retort from the young whippersnapper being challenged.

"[3] Saxophonist Mats Gustafsson wrote: "Brutal album – not the mainstream bebop father & son meet really... this is something very very different...

"[7] Author Todd S. Jenkins described Last Home as "a frighteningly intense pairing of father and son," and remarked: "This set makes it glaringly obvious where Caspar got his unorthodox musical pedigree, as the two act out the ultimate in domestic violence.