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Alfie Barbeary produced a two-try devastating performance to illustrate his claim for a place on England's tour of Argentina this summer as Bath's ruthless attack blew Gloucester away.
The uncapped former Wasps No.8 bulldozed his way through a timid Cherry and Whites defence to provide the platform for a one-sided West Country derby triumph.
Bath have now won six in a row in this fixture, scoring 40 points or more in four of them as the Blue, Black and Whites maintained their dominance on this fixture.
Tyro full-back Ciaran Donoghue, who impressed at 10 in Pau last Friday, burst through midfield, and after Will Muir came within inches of the line, the ball was recycled back for Tom De Glanville to stretch over and open the scoring.
Gloucester retaliated as Santiago Carreras touched down a lovely cross-field kick from Gareth Anscombe, but then came a Bath onslaught.
Tom Dunn surged over from a driving maul to restore the hosts' lead, and Finn Russell's neat pass then put Ross Molony through a gap before Archie Griffin finished under the posts for a third to make it 19-7.
Brilliant Bath remained on top despite having a man in the bin
Gloucester stayed in sight as Jack Singleton charged through a tackle and over, and the visitors had Bath under pressure when flanker Ted Hill was shown yellow for failing to roll away from a maul.
But it was Bath who capitalised as Muir gathered a high ball and chased his kick before passing back inside to Ethan Staddon, who fed Spencer to score.
Gloucester scored through Jake Morris, but Barbeary kicked a grubber through and dived on a loose ball before it went dead for Bath's fifth try.
Barbeary bulldozed through multiple tacklers and over to strike a crushing blow with his second before replacement Jaco Coetzee added a seventh, and Hill got the eighth.
Lewis Ludlow pulled one back for Gloucester, but the final word went to a ruthless Bath after Tom Carr-Smith scored their ninth try at the death.