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Holy moly.
Phish tours have always had peaks and valleys. Always. Unless you're playing the same show every night it's going to be like that.
That said, I think that Leg One was one of the most consistent, even tours since Winter 1997. I'm not saying it was as good as Winter 1997 because I think that would be preposterous. But the playing was super-consistent from night to night and there were very few duds (Bonnaroo was the only real stinker).
Leg Two has been a little less consistent with bigger swings from night to night in terms of energy, quality of play, etc. But anybody who is really listening can hear and feel that the band is in a pretty great place right now for a bunch of guys pushing 50 who just four years ago were in the abyss.