Michael Sweet's voice is definitely as strong as ever.

My problem is his lyrics. I wasn't a huge fan of Stryper back in the day, but I bought the Sweet and Lynch album, which was very good, musically. But, the lyrics seem like he let a 7 yr old write them.

So, now when I hear anything new from them, I immediately pay attention to the lyrics. He doesn't worry too much about rhyming his lyrics. For me that takes me out of the song(s)