The Tokyo Tapes The Tokyo Tapes The Tokyo Tapes is ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett's live album featuring a progressive rock supergroup line-up of John Wetton (from King Crimson, UK, Asia), Chester Thompson (from Weather Report, Frank Zappa, Genesis live), Ian McDonald (from King Crimson, Foreigner) and rounded out by keyboardist Julian Colbeck (worked with Hackett and with Yes spin-off Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe). The album was compiled from two concerts at Koseinenkin Hall in Tokyo, Japan on 16 & 17 December 1996. The album also contains two Steve Hackett studio tracks. In 2001, a live DVD also called The Tokyo Tapes and culled
Steve Howe (musician) 1996 he played with Asia on a song called Ginger meant for "Arena", but was left off the album and was released on "Archiva Vol. 1" later that year. He also added his guitar to two of the songs from "Aura", released in 2001. In 2001, Howe released "Natural Timbre", exclusively with acoustic guitars. His son Dylan played the drums on his 1998 all-instrumental solo release, "Quantum Guitar," while "Elements," released in 2003, featured both Dylan and Virgil as part of Howe's album "Remedy". In 2007, Howe founded the Steve Howe Trio, a jazz band completed by his son Dylan