I always loved Rob's band, and his arrangements were different than other bands' and I enjoyed that...
That band also had a much more "realistic" sound and feel to me, as opposed to, say, Gordon Goodwin's band or some of the other West coast bands..
They (Boss Brass) didn't have that "surgical precision" that those band had/have..Perhaps those bands did more editing and punching, I don't know..
I've worked with Steve McDade, who was on the band for years, and he told me some good stories about the band..
I will miss that band a lot...