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Living Blues Magazine
"On his debut disc, Moss and a band that included bassist Sho Komiya and drummers Kenny Smith and Mark Fornek move seamlessly from Rogers' classic Chicago style (with harp from Lynwood Slim) to rocking jump blues, a little rock 'n' roll, and even an organ-cushioned jazz instrumental. There's a cover of Rosco Gordon's 'Just In From Texas' with the 'Big Dez' Baby Orchestra horns and bedrock piano from Donny Nichilo, but the other thirteen selections are all solid Moss originals."
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Vintage Guitar Magazine
"Moss knows how to work a guitar line to maximum effect ala old-school blues playing, and his vocals have a real cool dusty vibe that float right on top of the concise rhythms."
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Charlie Lange, Blue Beat Music go to the website
"A great, unaffected guitarist, Moss wrote all but one of the tunes and includes musical quotes from many of the best West Coast and West Side Chicago guitar players. This is solid salad..."
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Steve Pringle, Blues Radio Show Host, KMHD (Portland, OR):
"There must have been something in the water at the Moss house growing up; Nick Moss is the real thing and a staple during our three blues shows at KMHD 89.1 FM, Portland, Oregon."
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Steve Cushing, Host, Blues Before Sunrise, WBEZ (Chicago, IL):
"Over the past twenty years I've made my living as the host of a radio program that presents the first fifty years of recorded blues: Blues Before Sunrise. This is the music that I love, so it's a natural fit mor me. However, every once in a great while a contemporary musician comes along whose work I genuinely like. Nick Moss is one of those musicians. Nick served his stewardship with Jimmy Rogers and among the blues masters in the Legendary Blues Ban. It shows, not only in his playing but in his musical focus as well."
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Don O., Blues Format Director, KNON (Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX)
"(First Offense is) better than 90% of the over 400 blues CDs we receive each year at KNON. He's a good 'un. Don't pass him by."
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Bluestime.com [ITALY] go to the website
"First Offense demonstrates that Moss is one of the best guitarists and singers of the contemporary Chicago blues idiom." —G. Pasquinelli
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