I went through transition, but [associates from home state Hawaii] just painted it as this morose drama.

Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. writing that "there is great deal to like about On the Way", including "the mix of keyboards, pianos, guitars, and percussion fittingly underline Moore's confectionary vocal style, injecting the material with an easygoing pop feel" but ends with the criticism that "On the Way never quite recaptures the magic of its opening moments, leaving the listener enchanted but wanting more".

[2] In The Austin Chronicle, Melanie Haupt stated that this album shows Moore's lack of fear in the face of loss of love and death of family members.

[1] A review in No Depression ended: "An expressive singer, Moore captures the mood of a song, be it the pensiveness of Tom Freund’s “No Turning Back” (the album’s sole cover) or the wistfulness in the ethereal “You”.

"[3] In Paste, David Mead wrote that "while Abra Moore’s On The Way is, on one level, a pleasingly competent collection of mature observations about relationships, this description fails to do justice to the soul at its loamy core—the source of the faerie/banshee wails and moans that unexpectedly rise out of her like steam from a geyser".