Mike Elliott in Atrio (1974) and Diffusion (1983) and Phileas Fogg in Coma Depasse (1986)

Mike Elliott was the guitarist of Natural Life, who I covered extensively in pnf days.  All those albums can be uploaded too if desired.  Here are his two 'solo' fusion instrumental LPs. The first work is slightly more towards the leftwards axis on the jazz to rock dial (more so than his band), where we love so much the middle ground.  On the other hand Diffusion, from 1983, is flat-out dead centre in the sweet spot of inventive and energetic fusionary power.  Example, the first part of the Eclectic Suite:




Equally in the sweet spot for me, this time between vocal pop-rock and progressive music with some nice fusion inflections here and there is the other request from 1986 called Coma Depasse by French band Phileas Fogg.  Sadly this is their only long-player.





It reminds me a bit of a more 80s-oriented version of the Working Progress album, sometimes like the Kebek Connivence 3 (but without any folk of course) I posted not so long ago, or Walkie-Talkie's Surveillance.  Description on the back of the LP: Hard tropical jazz.

And, to boot, pretty much the whole album is enjoyable from opener to closer, which is always exceptional, and desirable.