Supremely talented musicians and a great loss.
I can see the point about the early albums but have recently realised that later material is also very good if a bit different. For example "Sleeping Bag" from Afterburner, and that album as a whole is imo overlooked, certainly by me for many years. Eliminator is a brilliant piece of music, that is album 8. Maybe it is too much of a guilty pleasure? Recycler is also good.
My top 3 albums would be Rio Grande Mud, Tres Hombres and Eliminator.
Album 4, Fandango, is imo not great but it does have Tush.