In June–July 1989, The Party Boys toured with Eric Burdon. Burdon is often listed as The Party Boys' seventh vocalist, however a Burdon fansite suggests that they were his backing group on the Australian leg of his tour promoting the 1988 solo album, "I Used to Be an Animal". The line-up for this version was Burdon, Christie, Mal Eastick on guitar (Stars), Mal Logan on keyboards (Healing Force, Renée Geyer Band) and Warren McLean on drums (Machinations, I'm Talking). Garry Raffaele of "The Canberra Times" caught their July gig in Queanbeyan, "a two-hour concert which certainly rocked along — loud, aggressive, brash, with the odd nod in the direction of John Lee Hooker, Jerry Lee Lewis, Richie Valens, Memphis Slim". Most of the material "was Animal territory revisited — 'House of the Rising Sun', 'We've Got to Get Out of This Place', some of the hits now a touch over 20 years old. Done with a direct, outgoing joy that almost carried off the night. But not quite. Even rock and roll; the wild child of music, needs the hills and valleys, the peaks and troughs".