Poor Jim. I very much disliked his plinky plonk on Sultans in '96, but there can be no doubt he is a very talented musician and is far more capable than the likes of Matt in terms of improvisation. Matt was simply a robot and played exactly the same every night; not a proper musician in my book. You could train a monkey to do that.
I think MK may use Jim quite a bit on the next tour now he is able to travel again and I look forward to hearing him. We may even get the long version of Sultans again...who knows?