Icehouse recently had one of those signature shows it’s been known now for pulling off: Bringing in the illustrious guitarist Charlie Hunter on Nov. 9.

It helps having the booking heft of Minneapolis drumming savant JT Bates.

I struggle to come up with words for just how amazing Hunter is as a guitarist — but let me go to that moment, early in his show with drummer Carter McClean and saxophonist Nate Clark, where I just couldn’t handle what I was witnessing. All I could do was laugh besides myself in disbelief.