“While Vin’s guitar playing is impressive and can range from tastefully understated to dazzling, I am equally impressed with his skills as a composer. Vin has a wonderful sense of composition that brims with emotional content. I enjoyed all the many different spaces he explores, not only from one track to the next, but even within the boundaries of a single song. I must reiterate that his use of dynamics is impeccable, and I appreciated how he uses space to allow a composition to breathe.”
Michael Diamond, Music and Media Forum

“The delicate yet impressionable sounds emanating from Vin Downes' guitar will lead you down a path of enlightenment, and I do believe that is the purpose of this music. If that is a fact then his music gets the job done.”
Keith Hannaleck, New Age Music Reviews

“Vin Downes is such a brilliant guitarist and such a heart-felt composer that it leaves little room for the producer to do much except try to convince himself that he was indispensible. I wasn’t. Vin is a consummate player who draws upon a wide range of styles. The marvelous thing is that his musical voice is unique enough and powerful enough to hold these different threads together seamlessly. His abilities as a player create an even broader palate from which to draw in his performances. This is as impressive a recording as one could hope for.”
Will Ackerman, Grammy Award winner and founder of Windham Hill Records