Punk Rock n' Roll guitar renegades Johny Skullknuckles (above) and Pete 'Gorgeous' Byrchmore (below) were drafted in to fill the void left when Jay and Wayne moved on and the band had a bit of a mid-life crisis wobble.But Goldblade came back off the ropes just as sharp, angular focussed and driven as they ever were.
And the non stop, never ending tour schedule continued at breakneck pace.
John Robb could now concentrate on his vocals with two powerhouse guitarists on board to weave their fret board magic around the omnipresent and unrelenting solid backbone of Keith's bass wizardry and the primal call to arms beat of his sidekick drummer Rob Haynes.
John had often played second guitar in the band but found that after Jay Taylor left he had nowhere up to the level of musical expertise required to play foil to the supremely talented Curtis and that's when Pete and Johny were recruited, both of them extremely proficient guitarists in their own right ... but the juggernaut bass pounding of Keith Curtis in full flight was always going to need more than one guitarist to offset it now.Here was a man at the height of his powers, unleashed and unstoppable.
"Brother Keith ... Yeah ! Yeah!"
