Better Days Ahead, to share from 8-9 p.m. tonight. The sole subject of his study: Pat Metheny. The two guitarists are mutual admirers, and Pat set John up with his lead sheets to facilitate his arrangement of the complex Metheny pieces to a seven-string classical guitar boil down. The result is an intimate and introspective lockdown-generated deep study of Metheny songs like "James," "Last Train Home," and "Phase Dance." It also kept John busy during pandemic isolation in his Hudson Valley retreat, and eased the sorrow of a profound loss: both of his parents were claimed by Covid, within a week of each other, just about a year ago.