This was Nektar's first release in over 20 years which was long overdue and snapped up very quickly. All the songs on this album are new except for Shangri-La which dates back to the Roye Albrighton's Nektar tour 1981.

The Prodigal Son is a mixed bag of rootsy blues songs and opens with the hard rocking 'dual' tune: "Terminus/Oh My" that features Taff on keyboards using snippets that flashback to their "Remember The Future" album.

Since Nearfest "Now" has become a staple of Nektar's set list when they perform in concert. This song means a lot to Roye since his near death experience in 2000 from having a liver transplant and is based on that experience in the form a ballad.

"Salt And Vinegar And Rhythm And Blues" is a straight ahead hard rocking song.

"The Drinking Man's Wine" is a nice soulful ballad.

Day 9 is more like a compilation / overture of all the previous songs on the album.

The album has some catchy tunes and is well worth a good listen. This was Roye's first attempt to get the Nektar bandwagon rolling again. Taff joins Roye on this worthy effort and has some outstanding moments on "Terminus."

Roye has complained bitterly that this album was overproduced and the finished product was not what was intended. To rectify this situation, Roye, released through a now defunct private Nektar club, another version of this album call "The Prodigal Son Beta" release. It is a more straight ahead hard-rocking album than the Bellaphon release.