If you happen to be checking for Sanjay Michael, to the point where you just had to cop his EP Wall Street Blues, do yourself a favor. Go straight to the final track, “Who’ll Be My Friend”, and before you do anything, go ahead and hit play. You won’t be sorry.

Now mind you, there are two other tunes on this collection. That would be the setoff song “Baby Baby”, with about as enticing a title as there is, as well as the titular piece. But “Friend” elevates this entire affair to a whole different level.

There is a marked, pointed, and prolonged conversation between the lead guitar—bluesy, not quite feel good, but certainly propitious—and the piano that giggles and gurgles on this tune. They’re talking to each other. Might be about the weather, might be about an OG homie lover friend (which the tune appears to be about), but they are just going at it, to the delight of any true music aficionado.

They can only do so with the panache that’s fairly unforgettable, however, because of the steady, slow drumbeat that guides them. It’s the type of rhythm one can put his head into, relax with, unwind and, as the foregoing instruments reveal, have a good ol’ fashioned chat. It relies on a tried and true rap pattern, takes its time, and ensconces a bass that progresses only to keep coming back to the same familiar point.

All of this heavily spotlights that wondrous guitar and its dialogue with the piano. And, best of all, the guitar player? Your man Sanjay. The pianist? Sanjay again. In fact, except for the drumming (which is handled by Jolin Chiam on “Baby” and “Friend”), Michael is solely responsible for all other sounds on this entire outing—including the vocals.

Most of the lyrics are punchy, tongue-in-cheek anecdotes about the fairer sex. This fact is particularly true on “Baby”, in which the musician waxes about a babe whom “the blues ain’t as much trouble as”.

But it’s the instrumentation, both on this number and, especially, on “Friend”, that truly do the man credit. He spends way more time talking with his piano and guitar than he does with his vocals on what this reviewer cposits is the magnum opus of the EP.

And the way he goes about doing it, you certainly can’t blame him, while waiting for him to do it just a little bit more, some day soon.