{$John McLaughlin} brought his revived Indo-jazz project {$Shakti} to Bombay (Mumbai) in late 2000, and the result is this live disc, which features only four compositions but runs over an hour in length. (The title is a deliberate play on 1980's {^Friday Night in San Francisco}.) {$McLaughlin}'s electric guitar and {$Zakir Hussain}'s tabla remain at the core of the group's sound. {$U. Shrinivas} (on mandolin) and {$V. Selvaganesh} (on kanjira, ghatam, and mridangam, all Indian percussion instruments) remain from the previous album, but there are also a number of Indian guest musicians, giving the music many added dimensions. The most remarkable guests are {$Debashish Bhattacharya} on Hindustani slide guitar, {$Shankar Mahadevan} on vocals, and {$Shiv Kumar Sharma} on santur, an Indian hammered dulcimer. {$Sharma} composed the second track, {&"Shringar"}; nearly half an hour long, it consists almost entirely of a hypnotic dialogue between santur and guitar. {$Mahadevan}'s vocal performance on the opening {&"Luki"} resounds with spiritual power, while {$Shrinivas}'s {&"Giriraj Sudha"} gives a sunny, optimistic lift to the somewhat mournful set. ~ David R. Adler, All Music Guide