The album features Yes band members Alan White, Bill Bruford and Patrick Moraz.

Also featured is Jethro Tull's former drummer Clive Bunker on percussion on Cactus Boogie.

The Globe and Mail wrote that the album "is a nightmare in over-dubs, and despite the fact that Howe's playing ... is technically precise, it has all the passion of a chess match between two computers.

"[2] AllMusic, on the other hand, said that this "is his most essential recording" and "a culmination of everything Howe represents, every genre of music he loves so dearly, exquisitely played and arranged.

The inner part of the gatefold album artwork features pictures of the guitars that were used during the recording and a legend to indicate the tracks on which they were played.