The rift between David Gilmour and Roger Waters has robbed Pink Floyd fans of decades of new music the guitarist and bassist could have created that would have extended their unprecedented run.

The solo work each of the men produced after 1983's The Final Cut had their moments, but neither Waters' lone efforts nor Gilmour's rejiggered Floyd or his solo albums lived up to the catalogue that included The Wall, Dark Side of the Moon, Animals, or Wish You Were Here.

And that should be ok.

A dozen records, many of them classics (none of which any AI or record company could have manufactured) is more than enough to establish a wildly successful musical legacy.

As we have seen countless times, virtuoso guitarists benefit from a songwriting partner who is a front man. Keith and Mick didn't get along but they realized the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Likewise, we see why Joe Satriani teamed up with Sammy Hagar in the awkward role of playing Eddie Van Halen licks, and why John5 is now in Mötley Crüe doing Mick Mars vol II.

Shredding alone doesn't cut it, even if the solos are mellow and flowing.

So what a wonderful twist to team up not with an established alpha male rock singer, but with ones' 22-year-old daughter who is accomplished on the harp.

Romany Gilmour joined her dad halfway through his set on the opening night of the Luck and Strange Tour last Friday night in Brighton, England on," Between Two Points," a song they recorded together for his latest album.

Instead of going harder, faster, or even weirder, Gilmour had stayed in his ever-comfortable lane of slow and beautiful lush moods with layered harmonies and melodic guitar solos. The harp and his daughter's vocals add a fresh new layer to the mix.

Of the 22 songs in the set, seven were from the new album and were all live debuts, three were from his 2015 solo project Rattle That Lock, and the other half were Floyd classics.

These nights were labeled as Dress Rehearsals, but if Gilmour chooses to take the songs on the road as-is it would make for a perfectly fine set.

Most Floyd fans would be satisfied merely hearing him sing and play "Wish You Were Here," making the 21 additional songs a beautiful bonus.

Now decades after their breakup, Gilmour recently told Rolling Stone he would be happy if Pink Floyd sold the rights to their music, something that could fetch each of the men hundreds of millions of dollars.

“To be rid of the decision-making and the arguments that are involved with keeping it going is my dream,” he explained. “I’m not interested in that from a financial standpoint. I’m only interested in… getting out of the the mud bath that it has been quite a while.”

Pink Floyd has sold over 250 million albums. They had four #1 albums in the US and five in the UK. Their 1973 masterpiece, Dark Side of the Moon, is the fourth best selling album of all time and charted on Billboard for 990 weeks.

I'm sure Roger Waters doesn't want to hear tunes from The Wall in cereal commercials, but the payday would be record breaking.

What's interesting about Gilmour tours is you forget how many of the Floyd classics he sang on. That voice is so familiar.

Then his solos are so soaring. That tone is like few others.

Even Ice-T's Body Count had him play on their new cover of "Comfortably Numb."

Waters can get sound-alikes, but there's one David Gilmour. And he's back on tour, but even that has a twist.

David has set up some international residencies. First there will be six nights in Rome followed by six at the Royal Albert Hall.

There will be three nights at the Hollywood Bowl followed by a half dozen shows at Madison Square Garden.

Get tickets on David's website.