We sneak through his floating studio while Gilmour discusses the recording of his new CD and lazily sings, and aging hipsters Graham Nash and an ill-looking David Crosby harmonize during the recording of On An Island. The studio footage and interview are short and sweet, but are unfortunately marred by the UA theater's poor sound system. What did he say?

Soon we're slowly zooming into the stage at the 600-seat Mermaid Theatre in London while Gilmour, bathed and silhouetted in swath of white light, starts to play the opening notes of Castellorizon in what is the first ever live performance of "On An Island" — a day after Gilmour's 60th birthday and the official worldwide release of On An Island. Gilmour is joined on stage by legendary Floyd keyboard player Richard Wright, guitarist Phil Manzanera, multi-instrumentalist Jon Carin, Steve DiStanislao on drums, Guy Pratt on bass, and the infamous Dick Parry whose soulful and energetic sax work is heard on classic Floyd albums Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here. Gilmour tells the sold-out crowd he'll play a few tunes from the new album and then some "oldies but goodies."

Gilmour then takes us through a melodic and guitar-infused journey through "On An Island", "The Blue", "Take A Breath" and a soulful and heart-wrenching rendition of perhaps Island's best cut, "Smile." It's then that the crowd shows life and emotion through it's gentle British-like applause as Gilmour plays the notes all too familiar with fans from "Shine On You Crazy Diamond." Playing the wonderful instrumental portion of the song with the power of the full band, Gilmour takes the lead, sans band, when he slowly and assuredly steps up to the microphone and sings, "Remember When You Were Young?" while taking us on a new charted and unadulterated but minimalist version of the vocal part of this Floyd classic only to build to a magical and energetic climax and finale as Dick Parry blows his sax with more vigor and passion than perhaps he did on the record 31 years prior.

At this point in the film, Gilmour tosses vocal duties to Floyd band mate Rick Wright for a lackluster vocal performance of Division Bell's "Wearing The Inside Out." It feels as if Rick has lost his voice, passion, or desire to sing or perhaps it's just the first night's performance. Though amazingly 12 years old, Division Bell would be hardly hailed as a classic Floyd album. Gilmour's guitar performance was punctuated by the staccato ringing DiStanislou's "division bell" and could well be the highlight of the short film as Gilmour moves and bends his strings to a spine-tingling crescendo before gently bringing us down from his solo-infused high.