unexpected results from UNIQUE and COMPARE commands

[Garz99]

I'm following the tutorial here https://ubiomeblog.com/2016/08/12/analyze-ubiome-results-python/
using windows 10 64 bit (fully up to date) python 3.6.5 (64 bit) latest pip version 10
python is tested and working OK as per this link
https://python-forum.io/Thread-Basic-Part-1-Python-3-6-and-pip-installation-under-Windows
I'm running all commands with cmd.exe
files are all located in a folder called C:\Users\User\Desktop\Ubiome>
commands used.
C:\Users\User\Desktop\Ubiome>ubiome -c b1.JSON r1.JSON > comp.csv

C:\Users\User\Desktop\Ubiome>ubiome -u b1.JSON r1.JSON > uniq.csv

commands execute normally but the output files are not as expected, in that they do not appear to be a comparison of 2 separate *.JSON files and their counts in one *.CSV file. Note there is only one count/count norm number in each line where I would expect 2 - one for each file in the comparison.

I will attach a snapshot of the first few rows of the output CSV files below.
comp.csv

uniq.csv

unless I am missing something, either the tools are broken or possibly the *.JSON files are ....