Seal Of The Blue Lotus (Ogv) (Reis)Seal of the Blue Lotus is the 1965 debut from the extraordinary folk guitarist Robbie Basho, who released numerous albums for John Fahey's Takoma label during the '60s. His mystical approach to six and 12 string guitar improvisation shares many similarities to John Fahey in that Basho, too, was inspired by Eastern modalities his six string melodies recalling the Indian ragas of Ravi Shankar's "Dhun in Musra Mund." "Mountain Man's Farewell" is an