When the 25th anniversary of the first Firesign Theatre album rolled around, the group had been on hiatus for about eight years, ever since the Eat or Be Eaten album. Getting together again to do a series of anniversary shows, no one was sure how it would work out; after all, the group stopped performing together for a reason, and there were definitely several points in their past where disharmony was the overriding theme. Well, the reunion shows not only succeeded personality-wise, but the group discovered that their audience was an intensely loyal bunch, making the shows extra special (just listen to the way everyone chants along with the Nick Danger episode, if you need proof). Apart from "Toad Away," the material on the Back From the Shadows album was entirely taken from the first four classic albums, and all four members sound like they're having a ball performing it again, especially with the reaction they're getting from the audience.