Album and Video Release!

Progressive rock legend Ryo Okumoto’s long-awaited solo album, The Myth Of The Mostrophus, is finally available for purchase!

A star-studded follow-up to 2002’s Coming Through, The Myth Of The Mostrophus is already garnering rave reviews for its stellar musical performances, artful songwriting, and pristine production. All of these qualities are on display here in “Chrysalis”, the second video release from the album.

As with the rest of the album, “Chrysalis” is a collaboration between Ryo and Michael Whiteman (I Am The Manic Whale), and is brought to glorious life by Jonathan Mover’s deep foundation of rock-solid drumming, Doug Wimbish’s fluid and melodic bass playing, Ryo’s evocative keyboard and piano wizardry, and the soaring vocals and searing guitar lead of Randy McStine, accompanied by strings and flute, and set to the compelling visual artistry of the video, directed, produced and edited by Christian Rios.

See and hear for yourself why critics are calling this album: “great new modern prog,” and an album that: “fans of progressive rock will return to time and time again!” This is more than a collection of songs, this is a labor of love, imbued with passion–the chrysalis that has truly become the butterfly.

Get your copy TODAY! Available on CD and vinyl directly from Ryo’s store.

As one enthusiastic reviewer said, “Don’t sleep on this one!”

I have a very exciting announcement!

Pre-order sales of my new solo album “The Myth of the Mostrophus” start on my birthday, May 24th! (I want you to order the album for my birthday present!)

There are a total of six songs on the album including the 22-minute epic title track “The Myth of the Mostrophus”, which was performed by Spock’s Beard members past and present. The duet vocals were done by Nick D’Virgilio and Ted Leonard.

Guest artists on the record include: Steve Hackett, Michael Sadler, Mike Keneally, Jonathan Mover, Randy McStine, Nick D’Virgilio and many others!

This album was a labor of love, and was a collaboration stretching from coast to coast. Expertly recorded and mixed by Rich Mouser, featuring some of the biggest names in progressive rock, it is an ambitious journey through my many influences, including prog, pop, rock and R&B, performed by musicians who are at the very top of their class and who gave each track their all.

There are multiple editions of the album available, and on this website you can purchase the exclusive demo version of the songs, not available for purchase anywhere else!

The album will be available in a CD Digipak from InsideOut, a 2 LP+CD package in black vinyl, a special limited edition 2 LP+CD with red vinyl LPs (only 300 made!), plus the Japanese CD edition with 2 bonus tracks.

Click the link below to go to the Mostrophus store and order your pre-sale copy on May 24th:

Playing with Mr. Lou Gramm, the original lead vocal from Foreigner & also playing with ASIA this weekend in LA! I’m very excited to play with Lou! He’s my hero!

Just got call for this gig today and I have practically 9 hours to copy 18 songs and program sound and practice because I’m recording my solo album with Jonathan Mover at Rich Mouser studio for next 3 days till Wednesday then fly to Las Vegas for rehearsal then back to LA for shows Friday and Saturday.

I really need to uncoil all the way to Asia!

• Friday, November 19 - The Canyon Club Montclair
• Saturday, November 20 - The Saban Theater Beverly Hills

It was March 23rd, 2019. I was waiting in line to get into the venue for the Brand X concert in Pasadena, California when a voice behind me said, “Hey, Ryo!”

There stood Jonathan Mover, drummer extraordinaire, and I knew who he was, but didn’t know him personally.

“I want to talk to you about a band I’m putting together”, he said. What kind of band, I asked? He answered, “A prog cover band!”

Like a Pink Floyd tribute band, I wondered? He said, “Much bigger.”

I’m in. Let’s get together and talk!

I met him down at his facility in L.A. and it blew my mind! It’s HUGE! And beautiful. He runs Drumhead Magazine also. It’s an impressive operation.

But, I still didn’t know that much about him, and what it would be like to play together. I had promised to do my research and upon doing so found out, oh my God, he’s one of the best drummers around! It was an easy decision.

We started rehearsing and were readying ourselves for a tour when the pandemic started.

We kept on rehearsing and arranging and polishing, and it has paid off. We are finally ready to announce our new band.

It’s called ProgJect, and we will be performing in as many cities and states as we can to bring the power of prog to the people!

Stay tuned for further updates, including gig announcements, and exclusive video content.