Nightwing (band) Steve Hackett to form the supergroup GTR with Steve Howe of Yes fame. Alec Johnson would leave too, causing Nightwing to be down a guitarist and singer before the tour was to begin. For the "My Kingdome Come" tour, Nightwing enlisted Dave Evans on vocals and Glynn Porrino on lead guitar. The band would also record their first and only live album, "Night of Mystery - Alive! Alive!" on this tour from concerts in Yugoslavia and West Germany. Nightwing returned to the studio in 1986 for their fifth studio album, sixth in total, named "Nightwing VI", which also featured an
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (album) Howe and Geoff Downes. The song "Birthright" concerns the British nuclear tests at Maralinga and incorporates some material originally written by Howe and Max Bacon for their post-GTR band Nerotrend. The song "Quartet" contains lyrical references to several classic Yes songs, such as "Long Distance Runaround", "Roundabout" and others. "Let's Pretend" was originally composed by Anderson and Vangelis in 1986 for their Jon and Vangelis project and rearranged as a voice and guitar duet for Anderson and Howe. Bruford stated that he had "absolutely nothing to do" with the songwriting on the album and that the credits were only meant