In the words of John O'Regan Irish Music- magazine "First off this is a very professionally recorded effort despite the bland cover graphics .On the evidence and his debut album ?Hells Kitchen? he reveals an accomplished talent working in the Tom Kimmel/ John Mellincamp variety with a dash of electronica and a pop/rock sensibility. The snappy title track and ?Everything to Someone Else? display a sharp incisive lyrical mind and a penchant for addictive melodies. Keith Donald adds his characteristic saxes to ?In this Reign?. Tony Vaughan?s trade is pop rock basically with subtle ambient electronics and he can pen a decent song without sounding too much like David Gray. America calls and maybe if someone in Music Row or the Brill Building were to listen ?who knows ? "