The audio mix for this concert was a little disappointing overall. The bass level was unusually high, especially during the first few songs. I had to get up and turn my subwoofer level down about 25 percent during the intro to "Tom Sawyer", because I thought my walls might crumble. Fortunately, this was evened out more as the concert progressed. The drums were mixed a little too low, especially when you have the world's greatest rock drummer bashing the skins, and Geddy's vocals were often overwhelmed by the instruments and audience noise. This was definitely a guitar friendly mix, and Alex Lifeson took advantage of it giving an inspiring performance. He especially shined on the instrumental tour de force "La Villa Strangiato". His unique, flawless soloing was phenomenal, and it makes you wonder why he played virtually NO guitar solos on their Vapor Trails album. Yet, with all these minor faults, the sound was still raw and powerful and captured the incredible energy of the show nicely.

The picture is presented in widescreen format and fully engulfs you with the magnitude of Rush's brilliant stage show. Their phenomenal laser and light show was captured perfectly, displaying the vivid colors and contrasts with great detail. The video was exceptionally sharp and clear, as if you were watching from the front row. The camera changes were a bit too frantic, however, and this overshadowed the otherwise excellent variety of angles. One of my favorites was from above and behind Neil's massive drum kit, which gave an incredible, panoramic view of him playing and looking out over the immense stadium crowd. I would have liked more longer, medium distance shots of the entire stage show, because it was an awesome sight to behold. Aside from the camera angle changes being a little too quick, this was one of the best looking rock concert videos I have ever seen.

The song selection was excellent, touching all but two of their 17 studio albums. After opening with "Tom Sawyer" they played for about 70 minutes, ending the first set with fan favorites "Closer to the Heart", and "Natural Science". The band added "Closer to the Heart" only during the Brazil shows after being told that it was the favorite Rush song in Brazil. In between, they slipped in a jaw-dropping performance of "YYZ", that actually had the crowd "singing" along with the guitar playing. Explain that shit! The virtuosity they all displayed during this song was amazing - but we already know that about Rush, don't we now. After a 20 minute intermission, Rush took the stage to "One Little Victory", the single from their latest album, Vapor Trails, and then played another full 70 minute set. Rush had a fantastic stage show, minus the silly clothes dryers on the middle of the stage, and it was captured expertly by the long camera shots. I heard that the dryers are an inside joke about the appliance-sized speaker cabinets that are often used on stage. Since Geddy was relying on ear monitors to hear himself, and not bass cabinets, he wanted to balance out Lifeson's wall of Marshals with his own "appliances". It's kind of hilarious once you are in on the joke. The highlight of their stage show was the intro to the second set, when the main video screen played an animated clip of that cool looking dragon from the DVD cover. The video clip ended with the dragon exhaling a massive stream of fire, which simultaneously set off multiple, REAL, giant flames that practically engulfed the stage. As they launch into "One Little Victory", the burning logo from the Vapor Trails album cover remained on the video screen as the smoke cleared. You've got to see it to appreciate it.