"...In front of the stage for the second set, I got a much better earful of guitarist Jake Hertzog and his trio — and was glad of it. The wiry, diminutive six-stringer, his unruly locks tied back, has many of the Metheny earmarks that you've maybe come to love and fear at once: the daunting fingerwork, the harmonic inventiveness, the organic, riff-based melodic freedom, the folk-like melodies. Along with the wow! factor comes the fear of just too damned much.

"But for more than an hour, Hertzog and his trio kept it coming — and to good effect. They began with "Monkey Stuff," from the Revelation CD, and it was typical: a start-stop theme that fashioned angular single-note passages with power-chord exclamations and a funk beat, releasing into a solo of walking-bass swing and a whole lotta eighth notes. Nice! Hertzog and his trio mixed swing, funk, and freedom all night, and he played ticklyrhythmic hide-and-seek with acoustic bassist Takashi Sugawa and drummer Zach Mangan. Sugawa in particular is a wonder, ripping off buzzing high-end double stops, guitar-like runs, and "bass-y" rhythmic figures and countermelodies. The trio were getting ready to take off for Montreux, where they'll be joined by alto-sax Alex Terrier, another standout from the Berklee disc. One only hopes the same group will come this way again. The next Berklee night at the Beehive, July 24, will feature world-music group Zili Misik."

–Jon Garelick, Boston Phoenix Three Nights July 17, 2007.