Even a woefully incomplete list of Robert Fripp’s collaborators is something to behold—Brian Eno, David Bowie, Andy Summers, Peter Gabriel, Blondie, the Roches, Adrian Belew, Daryl Hall, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Grinderman, Van Der Graaf Generator, Talking Heads….. the guy gets around. He even composed some of the sounds in the Windows Vista operating system! Sheesh Robert, take a nap once in a while…..

In 1985 Fripp appeared on David Sylvian’s Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities, likely little suspecting that the two men would have a highly fruitful musical relationship in the years to come. Fripp actually asked Sylvian to take part in a reconstituted King Crimson. Sylvian demurred, but the duo put out several albums in short order as Fripp took up with Crimson in its “double-trio” iteration, which unfortunately didn’t endure.

For the Fripp/Sylvian material, Trey Gunn plays a variation on the bass guitar called the Chapman Stick, which looks like this:
 

 
In 1993 Fripp and Sylvian went on tour—the Tokyo concert, which took place on October 26, 1993, was taped for Japanese TV under the title “The Road to Graceland.” That title is a reference to their epic composition “Darshan,” which appears here late in the show as a particular highlight. This concert was actually released on VHS in 1995.
 

Tracklist:
God’s Monkey
Brightness Falls
Every Colour You Are
Jean The Birdman
Firepower
Damage
Exposure
Gone To Earth
20th Century Dreaming
Wave
Riverman
Darshan
The First Day
Blinding Light Of Heaven

Previously on Dangerous Minds:
New Wave: Debbie Harry wanted to remake Jean-Luc Godard’s ‘Alphaville’ with Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp demonstrates Frippertronics on ‘The Midnight Special,’ 1979