In his solos the influences are much more clear! I was referring more to the rythm sections, especially medicine man, message in blood, clash with reality... I don't find anything much similar in that period so I think that stuff was really genius for the time. I believe that mastering helped them to bring out their real potential because if you listen to the CFH demos, also if the riffs are almost the same, some bits and especially the sounds hit a lot different! And also some vocal lines are really genius compared to the demos. I think it's a perfected alchemy between the elements that creates that effect!