This is the second Explorers Club album. The line-up is similar to the first with some key differences. New to the six-string chapter of the club is ex-Megadeath guitarist Marty Friedman, Kansas legend Kerry Livgren and Shadow Gallery's Gary Wehrkamp, who provides most of the album's crunch. Vocalist James LaBrie is back, and drummer Terry Bozzio is back as well. But it is the presence of Steve Walsh on "Passage To Paralysis" and "Broad Decay" that really puts a new stamp on the Explorers' travelogue.