Thoroughbreds, they say, never lose the hunger for competition. The years may cut down their pace, but the spirit continues to thrive. When Shakti released This Moment — their first album in 46 years — in June last year, it marked a key event for fans all over the globe. The recent Grammy Awards saw the band take home the gramophone for Best Global Music Album, alongside Ustad Zakir Hussain’s two wins for his collaboration with composer Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Rakesh Chaurasia in Pashto and As We Speak.

To start with Shakti’s creation, This Moment is a mammoth production in the age of snippety singles. Eight tracks with seven-minute-long compositions is a throwback to the days of longer attention spans. John McLaughlin and Hussain’s mastery and the presence of Shankar Mahadevan, Ganesh Rajagopalan and Selvaganesh Vinayakram makes the experience more enjoyable.