by Richie Unterberger
For most people a Dick Dale best-of will suffice as a representative slab of this kind of music, but if you're enchanted by Dick Dale-style instrumental surf and want some more records in the same style, this should certainly be on your list. Although Myers did R&B-surf blends well, of more interest are the more exotic items, like the minor-key &King's Surf,& &Aquavelva& (motored by a walking bass and spooked-out, icy reverb lead), and &Moment of Truth,& which recalls and stands up to Dick Dale with its staccato lead guitar and snaky middle eastern horn solo. In fact there's pretty good Dale-style guitar throughout, although without as much of the fury or wattage. Del-Fi's Moment of Truth: The Best of Dave Myers & the Surftones is a preferable alternative to this album, as it's a retitled reissue of the 1963 Hangin' Twenty LP, with a couple Myers & the Surftones tracks from the 1963 compilation album KFWB Battle of the Surfing Bands added as bonus cuts.