A dazzling laser light show, three extremely talented female back-up singers and a giant inflatable pink kangaroo added to the fun as The Australian Pink Floyd Show (TAPFS) brought their “Set the Controls” tour to the Ikeda Theater at the Mesa Arts Center Sept. 25.

TAPFS has been called the “world’s greatest tribute band” and the crowd of Pink Floyd-crazed fans in attendance behaved as if they agreed with that sentiment all the way through the band’s lengthy set. Pink Floyd only had four members in the band but they routinely toured with a much larger ensemble and overall 10 players and singers, including an animated sax player, contributed to the night’s entertainment.

The show began, as the band took their places on stage, with the playing of a recorded montage of snippets of Syd Barrett-era songs including “See Emily Play;” the homage to Floyd’s early days ended with a picture of the late Barrett projected onto the circular screen that was used for presenting film clips, still photos and swirling psychedelic visuals throughout the show. Appropriately enough, the first song performed was “Shine on You Crazy Diamond,” a song Pink Floyd wrote about Barrett, who infamously had to be booted out of the band after literally losing his mind from taking too much LSD.

Highlights of the first half of the show included a stunning take on Dark Side of the Moon cut “The Great Gig in the Sky” where back-up singers Lara Smiles, Lorelei McBroom and Emily Lynn each took a turn with the song’s wordless vocal parts, and perennial favorite “Money” where sax man Mike Kidson played a hot and manic solo. Also performed in the early portion of the show were “Learning to Fly,” “What Do You Want From Me,” “Time,” “Breathe (Reprise),” “Another Brick in the Wall Part 2” and “Pigs (Three Different Ones)” where guitarist Steve Mac, looking a lot like David Gilmour, also utilized a “talk box” for special effect.

The second part of the show began with “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun,” a psychedelic space rock tune that, coming from the 1968 Pink Floyd album Saucerful of Secrets, had a greatly different feel from the rest of the set. “Young Lust,” “Keep Talking” and “Hey You” led into “Wish You Were Here;” with Mac and lead guitarist David Domminney Fowler playing acoustic guitars the song, also about Barrett, generated a spontaneous crowd sing-along. “One of These Days” and “Comfortably Numb” closed the show with the band coming back for an encore of “Run Like Hell.”

While certainly no band could ever replace Pink Floyd, TAPFS present a note-perfect spectacle that’s the next best thing.