Perahia put together a new band for "Surrender" that included singer Jeff Fenholt. "Surrender" was released in 1985. Lyrically, the album marked a change in the band's style to lyrics which were evangelical and confrontational in nature. Rob Rock was involved with their third RCA Record album as Joshua, "Intense Defense". In 1988, "Intense Defense", which was recorded at Dierks Studios and produced by Frank Mono, was characterized by the editor of "HM Magazine" as being "probably the best AOR melodic metal album in the universe." It sold well worldwide, but not in the United States. Following "Intense", Perahia reformed the band as Jaguar. Jaguar included Robert Basauri (Robyn Kyle) on vocals, Joe Tafoya on drums, and Bryan Fleming on bass. The band changed members while entertaining record deals and never released material under this name.