Cyril Pahinui's second album of the year is also his second for George Winston's magnificent Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters series. Any of these albums is a perfect introduction to slack key. "Night Moon" is a perferct introduction to one of the best of the living slack-key artists. As in his first Dancing Cat album, the Hoku Award-winning "6 & 12 String Slack Key Guitar" Pahinui performs as a vocalist as well as an instrumentalist. The title song is presented once with lyrics and once without; a different tuning is used for each.  Pahinui also sings during his 7 1/2 minute rendition of "Mauna Loa." His skill at creating variations on a musical theme make this number asn instrumental highlight as well. "Hi'ilawe" is best known as his father's musical signature, but to the extent that a song can be passed down from one generation to the next it is his musical signature as well. He sings it as a brief spiritual reunion with his father. A 16-page booklet provides biographical and cultural information, explains the significance of each song, and gives the tunings. The cover art alone gives record store browsers a good idea of who Pahinui is and what makes slack key important. --Honolulu Star Bulletin