 "Guitar World" (Nov. 1983) compared him to Hendrix and Jeff Beck, and his double-CD retrospective "Echoes 1975-1985" received a 4-star review in "Rolling Stone" (Jan. 21, 1993), as did his "Supreme Court" album with Jeff Calder (of The Swimming Pool Q's).Phillips has also collaborated with Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead and Pete Buck of R.E.M., who said this about him in "Musician" magazine