Zaiko (the seminal youth-quake band of the ‘70s, home to Wemba et al.) is a hydra -- splitting into equally lethal offshoots while still retaining not just vigor but enthusiasm and relevance. Though now stripped of all "names" (due to past defections),
Zaiko has (can it be?) improved -- expanding its groundbreaking two-part guitar assault into three and even four sections of ever more divine permutations. There's more variety than ever and no crossover fantasies.~ Carl Hoyt