On the album, Boykins is joined by multi-instrumentalists Joe Ferguson and Jimmy Vass, saxophonist Monty Waters, trombonist Daoud Haroom, and percussionists Art Lewis and George Avaloz.

[1][2][3] According to ESP-Disk owner Bernard Stollman, he initially met Boykins in 1964, during the October Revolution in Jazz festival in New York City.

"[1] Raul d'Gama Rose of All About Jazz commented: "Boykins journeys through the Heliocentric worlds back to his Afro-centric soul at the helm of a fine ensemble with music that cuts to the heart of a spiritualism born of John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, and Archie Shepp... Bernard Stollman's patience and permission has paid off and a record to rival the best from John Coltrane to Albert Ayler and [Sam] Rivers makes a lasting impression in one fell swoop.

"[7] AAJ's Jerry D'Souza noted that the album "marks [Boykins'] place as an adventurous bassist and a composer with a gift for style and genre.

"[8] Writing for The Sound Projector, Ed Pinsent stated that the album "has its moments of near-lugubrious wailing on side one, such as the poignant 'Starlight at the Wonder Inn', while side two livens the pace with 'Dawn is Evening, Afternoon' which reveals a strong Ornette influence in its open-ended construction, while 'The Third I' is reminiscent of Don Cherry's interests in non-Western rhythms and modes.