When the Firefest X acts were announced one name stood out heads, shoulders and big hair above all others for me. My excitement grew quicker than a political party dropping manifesto pledges at the sight of JSRG on the bill. My anticipation continued to grow exponentially as the tumultuous day approached and by the time they were due on stage I was almost combustible! JSRG came out to an impressive cheer and tore off into ‘Rev It Up’ sounding fabulous right from the off. The crowd lifted their voices high as they delivered the “whoohoos” and “rev it ups” with vigour. Janet Gardner continued on vocals and rhythm guitar for ‘How Much Love’ which was as good as I’d hoped. She and Gina Stiles sounded great and the smiles showed they were enjoying it as much as the audience who once again yelled the choral lines with gusto. Gardner lost the guitar for ‘Bad Reputation’ and this gave her far more freedom to stroll around and groove away before JSRG slowed things down with ‘Cryin’’. Despite being a ballad it was still played with some balls and Gardner’s throaty vocals became even more prominent. For the start of ‘I Want You To Rock Me’ the bass and drums set the beat and the majority of hands went up.