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As much as I hate repeating myself with these vox hunts, I've got to re-mention a band I mentioned in the past.

Transatlantic. Hands down, Transatlantic is my answer.

After I got into Dream Theater all of those…uh…5 years ago, I started branching out and finding other progressive/progressive metal groups that I liked. The members of Dream Theater are involved in a lot of side projects and such when they're not on the road with with their main band. Transatlantic is one of the many side projects that Mike Portnoy is involved in.

I picked up Bridge Across Forever and was blown away, so bought all the rest of the albums which, as it turns out, was really cheap because there was only one other studio album they had put out.

Transatlantic was my gateway into the other member's bands. I got interested in Spock's Beard, The Flower Kings and Marillion because I liked these guys in Transatlantic.

Unfortunately, as with many good things, it was short lived. After two studio albums, Neal Morse became a Born Again Christian in 2002 and left both Spock's Beard and Transatlantic to concentrate on music with more of a religious message. Spock's Beard continued onward, but Transatlantic, being a side project and not a real band, was put on hold.

Recently though, there's been some rumors about Neal Morse becoming more interested in doing another Transatlantic album. It wasn't a definite, but the door has been left open. That's the hope I'm clinging to…