No, we're talking Abraxas, Santana 3 - the good stuff.
I still like his guitar tone on the recent stuff, it's just all that guest vocalist nonsense that gets my goat.
Agreed -- on both counts, actually!
Well, OK, I haven't got anything more recent than
Supernatural, but the tone there is still great. I mean, just listen to the guitar breaks on "(Da Le) Yaleo": smokin' tone!
But, yes, the guest vocalist thing is seldom an endurable gimmick for (at best) more than an album's worth, no matter how good your tone is ....