Asia (band) Lake's voice and he read most of the lyrics from a teleprompter; Lake had commented in interviews that he was asked to cover Wetton's parts at very short notice. Lake left in early 1984 and Asia reunited with Wetton that same year to start work on their next album. But Howe soon left to be replaced by Krokus guitarist Mandy Meyer. Howe then enjoyed brief success with GTR, another supergroup, formed with Steve Hackett, formerly of Genesis, and produced by Downes. The third Asia album was tentatively titled "Arcadia", but during production it was discovered that that name was being
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