Initially, Diesel eschewed flashy fretwork for simpler and strong playing on a 12-string, highlighting the emotional qualities of his voice with “See You One More Time” and “Soul Revival”, the latter also showing off his harmonica skills. As the show progressed, so did the pyrotechnics.

Diesel works his guitars hard. One doubled as a percussion instrument in a wicked “All Come Together”, as it would in later songs, and the $75 eBay purchase he used for a bluesy “I Don’t Need Love” produced a raw wall of sound when he took to it with a slide.

Versatility must be Diesel’s middle name. He offered Burt Bacharach’s “Walk On By”, a plaintive reading, interrupted by a face-peel solo on the Stratocaster, which he says Bacharach does not mind – as long he gets his royalties. Otis Redding’s perennial “Dock of the Bay”, one of Diesel’s declared favourites, was a moving performance and brought the crowd into back-up singing mode.

One could go on: the delightful “Stop, Listen...” intro to a yearning “Come To Me” which also had a touch of menace; a supernatural beginning to “Tip of My Tongue” that stunned the audience; a blistering homage to Hendrix with “The Wind Cries Mary”, and increasingly complex variations on songs from a catalogue that Diesel is always adapting.

And the next time, he will doubtless be doing something new again with the old tunes, as well as adding in later songs. It was a rewarding, and all too brief show.