The Black Bamboo is OK practise reed, but won't do the thing for performing - the quality just doesn't carry. The reed works good until it just stops working, no warning.
The response overall is very good, it works immediately off-the-shelf and allows very silent pppp(p) performance but when reaching to higher notes with strong fff(f) the sound starts to 'buzz'.
If someone wants to try a 'plastic' reed this is good point to start with, but I recommend moving to the Legére as soon as possible.