By the end of 1990, British club, radio and sound system DJ Norman Jay of Talkin' Loud signed him and plans to repeat the London phenomenon on a national scale were laid.

[2] Upon the 1990 release, Paul Lester from Melody Maker complimented "There's Nothing Like This" as "a tasty slice of mellifluous ragga-soul shuffling and Stevie Wonder-ful crooning.

"[3] David Giles from Music Week wrote, "Only the mighty Blue Nile prevented this marvellous soul-track from reaching the top left-hand corner of the page.

Omar is a Kent-born multi-instrumentalist with a wonderfully expressive voice who has created a heavily jazz-influenced sound – complete with George Benson-style guitar – that has seen him top the UK soul charts".

[4] After the 1991 release, another editor, Alan Jones, named it Pick of the Week, commenting, "Expensively acquired from the indie Kongo Dance label, Omar's slow, sinewy sleeper from last year is a surefire smash.

"[10] In 1994, NME featured "There's Nothing Like This" in their "Top ten vibin' modern soul-jazz masterstrokes that every 'face' should own", writing, "It floated into the charts like a dream; a gossamer-winged lullaby articulating the fragility and fleeting wonder of love.