Hardline's return on the scene was surely THE event in the melodic hard rock scene during 2002. The record "II" has been hailed by the fans and critics as one of the best albums of the year and as well the live appearance made by the band at the GODS Festival 2002 was one of the most important and exciting live performances of the past few years. With just a few rehearsals, the band sounded tight and with a heavy-hitting, in-your-face sound kept high the interest of the tired crowd (the band started playing at 1 AM after 8 bands performing before them!), playing almost all the tracks from the mighty debut album: "Double Eclipse" and giving some good examples of what was to come on "II". The band featured nine people on stage featuring three backing singers - one male, two female (one of which was Gudrun Laos, singer of the band LAOS who released the album "We Want It" in the early 90's) - who certainly helped to fill out the sound. Singer Johnny Gioeli was in top form and his voice sounded as strong as ever. Guitarist Josh Ramos sat perfectly in Neal Schon's pants and made old and new classics his own. An amazing performance which captures a great band in its perfect live environment. The CD version includes 3 bonus studio tracks originally written for "II".