"...le Stephen Barry Band est le meilleur groupe de Montréal, du Québec et probablement du Canada. Le plus «tight», le plus «hot», le plus spectaculaire et surtout le plus sous-estimé et méconnu."
NATHALIE PETROWSKI, La Presse (Montréal), avril 95
." . . le groupe touche admirablement à plusiers styles, notamment du blues au swing."
Festival International de Jazz de Montréal
"Le père du blues québécois"
MICHEL BILODEAU, Le Soleil (Québec), février 1994
"On dit qu'il fait du blues. On devrait dire:il n'a fait et ne fait que du blues"
SERGE TRUFFAUT, Le Devoir (Montréal), février 94
"...the Stephen Barry Band is the best group in Montréal, in Québec and probably in Canada. The tightest, the hottest, the most spectacular and especially the most under-estimated."
NATHALIE PETROWSKI, La Presse (Montréal), April 95
" . . . a whole range of styles - some blusey, some that swing and songs performed with such outstanding musicianship you can't imagine them done any better."
Montreal International Jazz Festival
" They say he plays the blues. They should say he has only played and always plays nothing but the blues. "
SERGE TRUFFAUT, Le Devoir (Montréal), February 94
"The Stephen Barry Band" is refreshing because it is the music that takes precedence over everything. They blow through the classics, from Muddy Waters to Howling Wolf with relentless drive, impeccably building the energy number until its perfectly timed resolve.
DAVID SHERMAN, The Montreal Gazettee, April 6, 1978
