all about jazz correspondent john kelman observed "it's an exercise in futility to find a name for the music of "follow the red line". but as potter blurs the lines between jazz, rock, funk and even a little afro- beat in ways that are finally being accepted again two decades after the new york times declared the "pestilence known as fusion is dead," the best word to describe this recording is, quite simply, great". another review by martin longley stated "potter penned nearly all the disc's pieces, all averaging around 13 minutes apiece; ample time to drive a powerful rhythmic point deep into the bowels. ... the extended length of these numbers is a bonus, as their live crackle is properly encapsulated on plastic, a valuable souvenir of what must have been an electrifying residency".