VINYL FORMAT. A new direction for our distinguished gentleman, Sir Rick's had it up to here with solo acoustic guitar records! Freak of Araby is the debut of Bishop and his Freak of Araby Ensemble, a talented quartet of players getting deep into the Middle Eastern mystic with hand drums, percussion, bass, drums, electric guitars and a heavy dose of Moroccan chanters, all of it captured with depth, detail and sympathy for the eternal enigma.