Ian Gillan vocals in the song "Eternity" from the 2006 video game "Blue Dragon", composed by Nobuo Uematsu. Ian Gillan sang on two songs off the Jon Lord & Hoochie Coochie Men studio album, "Danger. White Men Dancing", released in late 2007. On 2 April 2007 Gillan released a DVD "Highway Star – A Journey in Rock". The DVD has 6 hours of footage including documentaries and music clips. This was followed in February 2008 by a double live album on Edel Records, "Live in Anaheim" that features Gillan and Deep Purple classic songs and several rarities. A companion DVD was released
Ian Gillan also played at Dunstan's Hall, Ronnie and the Hightones, who renamed themselves as the Javelins after he joined. The band played covers of Sonny Boy Williamson, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard, and were early customers of then-local music shop owner Jim Marshall. The Javelins disbanded in March 1964, with guitarist Gordon Fairminer leaving to join what eventually became the group Sweet. After the Javelins, Gillan joined a soul band, Wainwright's Gentlemen, which included another future Sweet member, drummer Mick Tucker. The band recorded a number of tracks including a cover of The Hollies hit "Ain't That Just