In a recent interview, Circle II Circle/Savatage singer Zak Stevens told Rockoverdose.gr, that Jon Oliva is really inspired and is currently writing “a lot of good music.”

 
Rock Overdose: What news from the band can you share with us?

Zak Stevens: “Well, we are just kind of talking about what the next phase can be. We are meeting very soon. TSO starts a tour here. The rehearsals start on November 1st, so that’s when we’re gonna have our meetings about what we are gonna do next. There’s lots of different things out there. Will it be something like a tour or do we wanna start making an album? We have to talk about all that. Everybody is excited to do a lot of different things. The best thing is that the Wacken show really lit a fire and it got us getting together and discussing what is the order of business. We can do something smart that will get everybody fired up and keep things rolling. Keep the iron hot and get out there and rock. I got my own idea of what exactly I would like to do, but I have to share it with the group. But at least we don’t have TSO touring next spring, so that leaves it open for some very good stuff. We’ll let everybody know what we come up with in fall, leading in to next year. There’s a lot of good music, I’ll tell you that much… There’s a lot of good music being written right now.”
 
Rock Overdose: You’re writing new material?

Zak Stevens: “Yeah. Jon is writing a lot of material that we don’t know where it’s gonna land exactly, but at least I can tell you that he’s very excited and very inspired right now. He’s very excited about what he is writing. He’s been writing stuff and calling me: ‘Oh my God, I think I just wrote the best song since ‘Streets’ or ‘Gutter Ballet’. And I’m like: ‘Oh, my God.’ It’s pretty exciting, what’s going on behind the scenes right now.
 
Stay tuned for the full interview on Rock Overdose.