Ching Pei Khoo, Journalist

"As though reflecting his real-life story, Sakamoto revels in finding hope and optimism in his collaborations."

"'My friend Ben Law says it sounds like a yodelling ambulance, and a radio listener once said it was like Enya on crystal meth'."

"His lively cover of The Band's 'The Weight' with the familiar coda, 'Take a load off, Fanny,' ends with a classic deadpan monologue from Duchovny: 'We realise that you guys interpret fanny differently here'."

"'Some of you may know this,' he says cheekily as fractal grey spotlights wash the stage amid the darkened auditorium before he launches into 'Earned It' (the lead single from the 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' soundtrack)..."

"I love Melbourne. In what city could a guy like me stand outside a church and sing 'Kill The Priest'?"

"Delightfully catching everyone by surprise, they enter in the traditional spirit of New Orleans jazz bands - in a single file led by a boisterous tuba, slowly weaving a path to the stage to the beat of the rhythm and brass sections."

"The energy on stage infectiously overflows to the solid mass now gathered around, itching to cut loose."

"It's as if we've travelled back to 1985 and are in a hurry to return to the DeLorean parked outside."