Toby Lee - Aquarius (2021)

'Aquarius' underlines exactly why Toby has become the most hotly tipped blues guitarist of his generation. But while the blues provides the beating heart of the album - see the emotional epic 'The Search For Happiness' or his take on the Leiber/Stoller classic 'Kansas' - it demonstrates that he's a truly versatile musician. Performed with finesse, feeling and a youthful exuberance, 'Aquarius' covers everything from frenetic rockabilly ('Love Bug') to swaggering hard rock ('Real Love') and the pulverising Royal Blood meets Black Stone Cherry attack of 'You Don't Know Me'.