Visionary Julian Jay Savarin launched his Sci Fi concept as far back as the late sixties when he formed Julians Treatment. Julian recruited ex Rare Amber bassist John Dover, ex Ben E King / Rare Amber guitarist / Flautist Del Watkins, Jack Drummond drums and Australian vocalist Cathy Pruden for the hastily put out single “Phantom City” / ”Alda Dark Lady Of The Outer Worlds”. This torchbearer single lit up the pathway for his Science fiction double album A Time Before This even though it failed to impress. A Time Before This in hindsight was a unique narrative concept obliterated with wheeling keyboard and plundering guitarbreaks which gave root to the modern day Matrix. Julian would go onto a successful period of Sci Fi writing putting the album to paper. He later regrouped recruiting old friend bassist John Dover who brought in guitarist Nigel Jenkins, ex CMU Roger Odell and a raucous jazz vocalist ex Catapilla Lady Jo Meek. The 1971 solo outing was called Waiters On The Dance triumphant from the opener theme powered “Child Of The Night” where Nigel’s guitar severed convincingly through Julian’s whirling organ. “Stranger” has a Pavlov Dog style yet the bulk of Savarin Sci Fi concept runs closer to the French Sandrose or Dutch Earth And Fire. The Hammond mating session with mellotron that wheels through the strident “Dance Of The Golden Flamingoes” has Nigel reaping profusely on guitar. Again those eerie Sci Fi themes spill emotively. Somewhere between Popol Vuh and Beggars Opera Alan Park this album stands as one of the top Prog masters of this evolving revolving planet. The surging “Soldiers Of Time”, a Haslam/ Renaissance forerunner is simply the best in the West if you consider that someof these tracks were roughly honed in 68 but now recharged with vengeance. About two years after the album an elusive single called “I Am You” / “Kizeesh” was put out. Julian Jay Savarin went on to become an extremely successful Sci Fi author with a further score for a film called Face Of Darkness in the early eighties. Roger Odell and John Dover evolved into the rhythm section of Prog Shakatak while Nigel Jenkins reflected off Sally Oldfield’s Mirrors and then moved from city to city with The Gerry Rafferty Band. Del Watkins moved forward with the rock band Argus.