That CD is nice, tasteful. John is part of the new wave of cool West Coast house (not tech-house) DJs - along with Miguel Migs of Naked Music (cult fave here), Marques Wyatt, H-Foundation, etc. He also did a nice percussive house track Spacewalk on the Om Lounge 3 comp.
>i know nothing about techno/house BUT > >i know i like john howard >i would say he would be playing west coast housey stuff - nice and mellow >etc, very smooth > >check out his cd 'san fransisco sessions vol 2' its not bad, but doesnt come >close to vol 1 - mark farina :)