Alien Love Child hit the stage around 9:30 opening with Zenland, the first song on 2000's "Live and Beyond" album. Eric was playing a red strat which I assume was a signature, had two Twins, a slant and straight front 4x12 cab sitting side by side, and some kind of an older Marshall that I've not ever seen before - it was a small box head like a JTM 45, but it had more knobs. 
Clean tones were amazing as always. Of course, I dig his take on country western Holdsworth. However, he seemed a little tentative, and his dirty tones were not as good as I've heard in years past. It seemed too bassy and muffled - back when he used 100W tops he could take your head off, and this Marshall wasn't giving up the high end sparkle at all. I know he downsized a few years ago because of hearing issues, but maybe he needs to use a treble booster or something.
Drums were handled by Bill Maddox, who is really good, but hardly breaks a sweat back there. He makes it look really effortless. Bass was handled by Chris Maresh, and he's also an excellent bass player. ALC leans a little harder on the blues and blues based rock than EJ does with his solo stuff. They hit most of the live album, along with a few newer tunes that I wasn't familiar with. Eric stayed kind of tentative and cautious most of the night. Maybe he knew I had snuck a recorder in. He finally loosened up at the very end of the night.
Highlights were "Last House on the Block", "Zap", and "Are You Experienced".
Overall for EJ it was a bit of a letdown because he was being so careful. Maybe a 7 on a scale of 10. Compared to most mortal guitarists though, it was still mind blowing. Overall a good time was had by all, in a very comfortable venue that's just about the perfect size for rock music.