I can recommend the update. I'd also recommend buying the ultrapak which has everything (just about except the extrapaks). I upgraded from 2008 and was so knocked out by the RealTracks that I upgraded to the biggest pack because you never know what might come in useful. Not sure what you play and my only gripe is that PG Music don't do style specific upgrades. To get all the folk/country/pop styles I want I have to pay for the jazz and other styles I will never use. But it must be the same for the jazz players who don't want the styles I do.

Like you (I'm nearly 70) I'm slowing down but BIAB plays the backing I can't manage on my own - and I even let it play solos which I used to overdub myself.