diff --git a/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/JsonComparer.cs b/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/JsonComparer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de636fc45da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/JsonComparer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text.Json;
+
+namespace Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy.Common
+{
+    public class JsonComparer
+    {
+        public static List<string> CompareJson(byte[] json1, byte[] json2)
+        {
+            // Deserialize the byte arrays to JsonDocument
+            JsonDocument doc1 = JsonDocument.Parse(json1);
+            JsonDocument doc2 = JsonDocument.Parse(json2);
+
+            // Compare the JSON objects
+            var differences = new List<string>();
+            CompareElements(doc1.RootElement, doc2.RootElement, differences, "");
+
+            return differences;
+        }
+
+        private static void CompareElements(JsonElement element1, JsonElement element2, List<string> differences, string path)
+        {
+            if (element1.ValueKind != element2.ValueKind)
+            {
+                differences.Add($"{path}: Request and record have different types.");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            switch (element1.ValueKind)
+            {
+                case JsonValueKind.Object:
+                    {
+                        var properties1 = element1.EnumerateObject();
+                        var properties2 = element2.EnumerateObject();
+
+                        var propDict1 = new Dictionary<string, JsonElement>();
+                        var propDict2 = new Dictionary<string, JsonElement>();
+
+                        foreach (var prop in properties1)
+                            propDict1[prop.Name] = prop.Value;
+
+                        foreach (var prop in properties2)
+                            propDict2[prop.Name] = prop.Value;
+
+                        foreach (var key in propDict1.Keys)
+                        {
+                            if (propDict2.ContainsKey(key))
+                            {
+                                CompareElements(propDict1[key], propDict2[key], differences, $"{path}.{key}");
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                differences.Add($"{path}.{key}: Missing in request JSON");
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        foreach (var key in propDict2.Keys)
+                        {
+                            if (!propDict1.ContainsKey(key))
+                            {
+                                differences.Add($"{path}.{key}: Missing in record JSON");
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        break;
+                    }
+                case JsonValueKind.Array:
+                    {
+                        var array1 = element1.EnumerateArray();
+                        var array2 = element2.EnumerateArray();
+
+                        int index = 0;
+                        var enum1 = array1.GetEnumerator();
+                        var enum2 = array2.GetEnumerator();
+
+                        while (enum1.MoveNext() && enum2.MoveNext())
+                        {
+                            CompareElements(enum1.Current, enum2.Current, differences, $"{path}[{index}]");
+                            index++;
+                        }
+
+                        while (enum1.MoveNext())
+                        {
+                            differences.Add($"{path}[{index}]: Extra element in request JSON");
+                            index++;
+                        }
+
+                        while (enum2.MoveNext())
+                        {
+                            differences.Add($"{path}[{index}]: Extra element in record JSON");
+                            index++;
+                        }
+
+                        break;
+                    }
+                default:
+                    {
+                        if (!element1.Equals(element2))
+                        {
+                            differences.Add($"{path}: {element1} != {element2}");
+                        }
+                        break;
+                    }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/RecordMatcher.cs b/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/RecordMatcher.cs
index aa8bc59dbe0..dfec1d099a1 100644
--- a/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/RecordMatcher.cs
+++ b/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/RecordMatcher.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Collections.Specialized;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Net.Mime;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Web;
 
@@ -112,7 +113,10 @@ public virtual RecordEntry FindMatch(RecordEntry request, IList<RecordEntry> ent
                 if (!entry.IsTrack1Recording)
                 {
                     score += CompareHeaderDictionaries(request.Request.Headers, entry.Request.Headers, IgnoredHeaders, ExcludeHeaders);
-                    score += CompareBodies(request.Request.Body, entry.Request.Body);
+
+                    request.Request.TryGetContentType(out var contentType);
+
+                    score += CompareBodies(request.Request.Body, entry.Request.Body, descriptionBuilder: null, contentType: contentType);
                 }
 
                 if (score == 0)
@@ -130,7 +134,7 @@ public virtual RecordEntry FindMatch(RecordEntry request, IList<RecordEntry> ent
             throw new TestRecordingMismatchException(GenerateException(request, bestScoreEntry, entries));
         }
 
-        public virtual int CompareBodies(byte[] requestBody, byte[] recordBody, StringBuilder descriptionBuilder = null)
+        public virtual int CompareBodies(byte[] requestBody, byte[] recordBody, string contentType, StringBuilder descriptionBuilder = null)
         {
             if (!_compareBodies)
             {
@@ -154,7 +158,26 @@ public virtual int CompareBodies(byte[] requestBody, byte[] recordBody, StringBu
                 return 1;
             }
 
-            if (!requestBody.SequenceEqual(recordBody))
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(contentType) && contentType.Contains("json"))
+            {
+                var jsonDifferences = JsonComparer.CompareJson(requestBody, recordBody);
+
+                if (jsonDifferences.Count > 0)
+                {
+
+                    if (descriptionBuilder != null)
+                    {
+                        descriptionBuilder.AppendLine($"There are differences between request and recordentry bodies:");
+                        foreach (var jsonDifference in jsonDifferences)
+                        {
+                            descriptionBuilder.AppendLine(jsonDifference);
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    return 1;
+                }
+            }
+            else if (!requestBody.SequenceEqual(recordBody))
             {
                 if (descriptionBuilder != null)
                 {
diff --git a/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/RecordSession.cs b/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/RecordSession.cs
index a104e4083ce..d2f19f5a6cc 100644
--- a/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/RecordSession.cs
+++ b/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/RecordSession.cs
@@ -102,9 +102,6 @@ public RecordEntry Lookup(RecordEntry requestEntry, RecordMatcher matcher, IEnum
             {
                 sanitizer.Sanitize(requestEntry);
             }
-            // normalize request body with STJ using relaxed escaping to match behavior when Deserializing from session files
-            RecordEntry.NormalizeJsonBody(requestEntry.Request);
-
 
             RecordEntry entry = matcher.FindMatch(requestEntry, Entries);
             if (remove)