On Saturday night in Burlington, moe. wrapped up their three night run at Higher Ground. Friday night’s show found the band welcoming a special guest to the stage. The second set opened with Goose drummer Cotter Ellis joining in for moe.’s “Opium” followed by a nod to the late Bob Weir via his beloved composition “Cassidy.”

Last evening, moe. brought out another familiar face. Guitarist Rob Compa appeared at the close of the opening set for a pair of tunes. Compa, who toured and recorded with Dopapod over the band’s 16 year history until the group began an indefinite hiatus in 2025, has been a member of Neighbor since March of last year. At Higher Ground he appeared for moe.’s “Pubela,” a song that originally appeared on the group’s 2012 album What Happened to the La Las, which segued into the moe. staple “Bring You Down,” a tune that has been in rotation since 1996, the year it originally appeared on the group’s classic record No Doy. Another first set highlight was the show-opening “Timmy Tucker” (identified in fancy, formal manner as Timothy Tucker” on the band’s setlist).

The second frame included two fully-segued sequences. moe. emerged and offered a run from “Not Coming Down” into “Wormwood” and a cover of the Gratefl Dead’s “West La Fadeaway. Then, after stand-alone fan favorite “St Augustine,” the group charged into “Jazz Wank,” “Buster,” “Four” and “Meat.”

moe.’s current tour continues on Tuesday in Concord, NH before three nights in Buffalo from Friday through Sunday. Neighbor will next perform on Friday in Amherst, MA.