I actually thought that Plant's last album with the Strange Sensation (Mighty Rearranger) was great. A friend who is a big Zeppelin fan did not like it.. Not the huge vocal extravaganzas of old Zep, but I thought the songs themselves were very good. Going to pick up the new Band Of Joy this week to see how that is...
No reforming of Led Zep apparently
Don't know if it is common knowledge or not but I just heard an interview with Robert Plant, who said when asked if Led Zep were going to reform, he said 'no', as he is happy were he is at musically'.