After two years starring in "Hair" he moved on to "The Tooth of Crime" by Sam Shepard at Nimrod, his own musical "Lasseter" for the Old Tote, and then joined the cast of the acclaimed Australian production of "Jesus Christ Superstar" for Harry M. Miller, where he won rave reviews for his show-stopping performance as King Herod. In 1974 he was rewarded with one of his greatest and best-known roles, Dr Frank’n’Furter in the original Australian production of "The Rocky Horror Show", and he also performed the role for the Australian cast recording.