'A refined technique, a unique tone, a deep grasp of harmony & an instinct for melody' - Financial Times

'A cross between Seventies  jazz, Eighties  soul, Nineties R'n'B  and Noughties  electro' - MTV

'Fragmented rhythms glitching and juddering...folky guitar licks bob and weave' - Jazzwise

'Ed Riches came and made a guitar sing so beautifully I had tears in my eyes' - BBE Music

'Impressive Chops' - The Times, UK

'an in-depth multitude of improvisation, electronic, noise, contemporary classical & sound art. Bombyx Mori featured just guitar & saxophone and was one of the mellower moments of the Ideas of Noise stage. It leaned more towards the free jazz side, with still a fair amount of electronica involved. The performance was unquestionably interesting'- PopMatters

'London's  Go - To  Guitarist'  -  606 Jazz Club

'There is great sensitivity in the handling of the material...A.Coltrane's Isis & Osiris' majestic quality is enhanced by the hovering, almost airborne character of legato phrases' - Jazzwise

“Panic in Detroit” is given a pleasing Afro-rock feel and some suitable riff work for a song about the 1967 Detroit riots... the show finds real momentum' - The Independent

'Extraordinary skills' - Pop Killer Magazine

'Gorgeous solos, temperature changes, melting into free jazz, then returning to the melody... having rehearsed for only 2 days, it seemed just as if they had played together for years: without error and everything with total precision' - Cream Magazine, Czech Republic

​'Sensational' - Yamaha UK

'British Jazz Guitarist Ed Riches has worked with numerous Grammy, Mobo & BBC award winners and plays concerts and festivals across Europe and beyond' - The Financial Times

'None of this theatre of dreams at the Royal Festival Hall would have been half as good without the Nu Civilisation Orchestra. What a band! Strings, wind, percussion, keyboards, a guitarist to rival Mick Ronson. Bowie would have been proud' - Southwark News

​'Crack Ace' - Blues & Soul Magazine

'The Syncopation had been ramped up to maximum, with stops and missed beats that gave you a full-on-roller-coaster-stomach-drop before catching you mid-air' - The Jazz Standard

'Ed Riches is a guitarist who is quickly  building  a  stellar  reputation' - Collage Arts

'A-List'  -  Jazzwise Magazine

'Ed Riches has a busy international touring schedule of regular performances with award-winning vocalists including: Bilal, Zara McFarlane, Marsha Ambrosius & N’Dambi'  -  Jazz fm

'Soaring  Electric  Guitar' -  The Jazzman

'Ed Riches' liquid sounding guitar with a light-as-air meditative grace' - The Stage

'A striking mixture of Soul-Jazz, country-blues, gospel and hip hop' - The List

'Impeccable, breath-taking playing from this Tintin lookalike playing like there's no tomorrow' - Funk-U Magazine, France

'In an amazing rendition of Prince’s Purple Rain, the audience erupted at the first hint of chorus-heavy guitar'  -  Renowned for Sound

'One of London's best young jazzers' - Jazz Cafe, London

'A special mention to Ed Riches on guitar: Pivotal' - UK Vibe

'Expect  Sonic  Cookery of the First  Order' - The Sampler, Sound&Music

'Guitarist  Ed  Riches  excelled  with  his  great  solos' - Szczecin Glowny, Poland

'His level of musical understanding and attunement inspires admiration' - JazzSoul

'A  fantastic  musician;  very  modern,  part  eccentric  soul, more in jazz, with elements of hip hop' - SubText, Austria

'Excellent  musicianship'   -  Gilles Peterson

'The interplay between the musicians was given a new lease of life by Ed Riches' brilliant guitar' - Kingsize Magazine, Sweden

'The  opening  chords  were  pure  indie rock ... For pure musical
enjoyment  I  can't  recall  seeing  much  better  than  this'   -   Bristol Post

'Not only able to play within individual standard tracks but also to draw from them impromptu inspiration for tasty sonic digressions'  -   Indiana Music Magazine, Italy

'Ed Riches on guitar is excellent - guess that's why he plays with Bilal!'  -  Jazz Re:freshed