The "Liquid Tension Experiment" is a purely instrumental album featuring two famous musicians from Dream Theater, John Petrucci, and Mike Portnoy, among others. Stylistically, it stands somewhere between prog rock and fusion jazz, with strong blues influences, what is clearly perceptible by the rhythm, which is groovy, not crunchy. As it is expectable with this kind of musicians, this album displays some incredible playing. However, being more or less the result of aggregated jam sessions, it lacks the depth and the complexity of more mature albums, with the exception of some tracks. Most compositions are built on a traditional blues structure, with a lot of jamming and lengthy solos, culminating in an experimental 28 minutes piece. The closest counterparts of this album are some experimental songs of the Chick Corea electric band, Frank Gambale, Eric Marienthal, and John Patitucci.