No doubt the best Czechoslovakian prog band who started in more jazzier realms, and moved to symphonic style on their masterpiece Svitanie. Leader Radim Hladik is a mindblowing guitarist. Anything by these guys is pretty good. Led by the formidable guitarist Radim Hladík, Modrý Efekt were one of the major progressive bands in Czechoslovakia. The band's first couple of albums, made under the name Blue Effect, are said to be a mixture of psychedelia, R&B, beat and jazz. They later translated their name into Czech to keep the authorities happy. The beginning of their actual progressive period is usually traced to 1975's Modrý Efekt & Radim Hladík, a mixture of symphonic rock and fusion with emphasis on Hladík's extended soloing. It is also with this album that he was elevated to his status as a minor deity in the celestial order of the six-string.