Mike, who also played with Brendan Benson and The Realistics, introduced Wizard to a couple of hired guns to play drums and guitar.
His music has evolved significantly, to become a distant entity from some of his earlier blues-based work, showing a definite influence of more experimental bands such as The Homosexuals and The Fall, and some absurdist elements which have led to comparisons to compatriot exponents of that genre, Vivian Stanshall and Syd Barrett.