On TKZee’s first studio album in eight years, Coming Home, Tokollo “Magesh” Tshabalala, Kabelo “Bouga Luv” Mabalane, and Zwai Bala make no secret of their thrill at being back in the studio, back in the spotlight and back on top.

“Let me tell you a thing about TKZee/it’s a brand oozing with supremacy … you want repertoire? We got it/Earning capacity? We got it/Hits back to back? We got it?,” Kabelo boldly states on the superb and eternally optimistic ‘Thata Eezy’.

It’s a sentiment that ripples throughout the album’s 12-tracks – echoing the buzz that Tokollo, Kabelo and Zwai have felt since deciding to reunite to record a follow-up to 2001’s ‘Trinity’, much to the delight of the group’s extensive and loyal fanbase.

The magic of TKZee has always had its foothold in the singular combining of the vocal and lyrical style of each of the band’s three members – Tokollo rough-hewn and streetwise, Kabelo full of swagger and smooth where required and Zwai punching in with real sonic power.

The vision that drives ‘Coming Home’ then is not one based on nostalgia or a whim: as all 12 tracks prove, TKZee have once again brewed up something special in the Guz kitchen to create a scorcher of a record that more than lives up to the expectations of fans – and gives urban music a real injection of fresh, optimistic energy.

So come summer 2009, it’s time to turn up the heat and dial up the volume switch. TKZee are back. Play it loud!