Bath left no doubt about their appetite to defend their English Prem title as a nine-try 62-15 rout of Saracens sent them back top of the table on Friday.
In front of a capacity crowd, Finn Russell kicked 17 points from seven conversions and a penalty on his return from Six Nations duty with Scotland.
Saracens led 10-0 early on through Tobias Elliott's try and an Owen Farrell penalty.
But tries from Will Muir, Josh Bayliss, Alfie Barbeary and Henry Arundell secured Bath the bonus point by halftime.
With Russell and England scrum-half Ben Spencer pulling the strings, they ran riot in the second period.
Spencer, Kepu Tuipulotu, Arundell, Guy Pepper and Bernard van der Linde ran in further tries to inflict a damaging defeat on Sarries.
Bath move three points ahead of Northampton at the top of the standings.
Saracens remain in sixth, four points adrift of the play-off places.