Soaring saxophone, Hornsby's on-target piano, and the other 'new' band members add a whole new set of colors to the palette.... Garcia's spirit is alive and well, and The Other Ones are the perfect successors to the Grateful Dead empire.

Guitarist Steve Kimock's slippery-necked leads capture the feel, if not the fire, of Jerry Garcia's playing, and drummer John Molo provides the kind of sturdy, in-the-pocket grooves that the Dead frequently lacked.... On The Strange Remain, The Other Ones provide plenty of reasons for loyalists to hold out hope for yet another tour.

"[4] Author Dean Budnick praised the "particularly assertive expressions" by Ellis and Hornsby, and commented: "There is a vibrancy to the disc as the Dead challenges itself, reinterpreting its catalog and delving deeper into its jazz vocabulary, with results that are often absorbing.

"[5] A reviewer for All About Jazz stated that the album "is proof positive that the improvisational musical voyage into the great unknown is not some fancy description for half-baked musicians to hang their hat on.

It is the muse for a collective of uniquely individual and extremely talented musicians to create timeless, pure, inspired music.