The 2nd installment from the label is an anthology of guitar- ist, composer and producer Yuji Toriyama, regarded as one of the pioneering Japanese fusionists alongside Hiroshi Sato, Ryo Kawasaki and Yasuaki Shimizu. Toriyama has not enjoyed as much recogni on as his contemporary, a er shunning a solo career in favour of pop and TV arrange- ments in the 90s and composing video games soundtracks like Street Fighter II and Final Fantasy XII.