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
GTR (band) group. Howe expressed interest in working with Hackett, whom Lane then approached. The former Genesis guitarist proved amenable, despite some doubts as to the project setup: his last few solo albums (including the atypical all-classical-guitar project "Bay of Kings") had sold disappointingly. Still, he hoped GTR would sustain his prominence as a guitarist and finance future solo work. Once the two guitarists were in place, the group recruited American drummer Jonathan Mover (ex-Marillion, and later to work with Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Alice Cooper), bass guitarist Phil Spalding (ex-Bernie Tormé, Toyah, Mike Oldfield and Original Mirrors) and singer Max