Chris Caffery, who had been playing with Savatage in the previous tour performing rhythm guitar and keyboards offstage, officially joined the band in 1989. He didn't play on the "Gutter Ballet" album, but was credited with guitars and keyboards and was pictured in the album's booklet "both to prepare the fans for the line-up they'd see on tour and confirm his permanent member status". Despite this, Caffery left the band after the "Gutter Ballet" tour for personal reasons, but kept writing music with Jon Oliva and would later return to Savatage during the second half of the 90's.