In 1988, The Silencers toured Europe with The Alarm and "Painted Moon" became a radio hit in the UK. The band moved back to Scotland and recorded a second album "A Blues for Buddha" at CaVa Studios in Glasgow, with Flood producing. The standout tracks were "Scottish Rain", about love and fallout from Chernobyl, and "The Real McCoy" which became a fan favourite. The band then toured Europe with Simple Minds for four months, culminating with a stadium show at Wembley in front of 80,000.