[8] It also marked the return of season 1 winners Aaroh to the music scene after 8 years - although they had released "Mera Pyar" in 2014 with vocalist Rizwan Anwar, it received little attention.

[10] It featured Atif Aslam, Meesha Shafi and Fawad Khan performing a tribute-mashup of Vital Signs' "Do Pal Ka Jeevan" and Alamgir's "Dekha Na Tha"; as well as Shahi Hasan on guitars with the trio.

The bands that were in the waiting list but did not get selected and their performance not being shown on TV or online included: The episode ended with last season winners Aaroh performing Raag Neela with Kashan Admani, lead guitarist of the band Mizmaar on lead guitars.

The theme of this episode was that the each band had to perform an original song in front of the judges and the live studio audience.

Producer: Ali Diwan Music Director/Mentor/Composer: Ahsan Bari Music Director/Mentor/Composer: Faisal Baig Project Manager: Agha Fahad Chief Recording Engineer/Sound Designer/Audio Post Supervisor: Kashif Ejaz at The C'Ion Collective Studios Lyricist/Consultant: Asim Raza Assistant Producer: Daniel Hayden Assistant Producer: Haris Noor, Quaid Ahmed Assistant Engineer: Zyad Ahmed Tariq Mixing Engineers: Chris Bolster & Paul Pritchard at Abbey Road Studios Mastered by: Alex Gordon and Alex Wharton at Abbey Road Studios Live Sound Engineer: Obaid Haq Chief Audio Tech: Nadeem Ducrrani & Saif Ullah Following television channels aired the show:[a] Season 2 has mostly received positive reviews.

Maheen Sabeeh of The News said, "Whether the show manages to accomplish its mission statement to the letter remains to be seen but, having spoken to almost all major players in the production, it can be said with certainty that it has just the right motivation behind it and that matters more than we care to admit.

"[14] Vafa Batool of Pakistan Today wrote "The first episode showed how the judges focused on grossly distinct aspects of the performances.

Fawad Khan preferred to acknowledge the raw live energy on stage while Meesha Shafi's focus remained largely on vocal quality.

Farooq Ahmed offered technical help to the bands as a well-nuanced musician who was more concerned about improving the sounds further.

Pakistani music, fashion critic and Season 1 judge Fifi Haroon on her Twitter called it "bland, listless".

Speaking to Gulf News journalist Usman Ghafoor, Pakistani culture critic Nadeem Farooq Paracha said, "Pepsi is 10 years too late.