The seeds for the band’s formation were planted in 1986 when John Regan and Tod Howarth were on tour together; Regan playing bass with John Waite and Howarth singing and playing keyboards with Cheap Trick. The tour brought the pair together as friends and musicians, and many months later Regan asked Howarth to join him in Frehley’s Comet, a band fronted by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, the legendary KISS guitarist/singer Ace Frehley.