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If you went to many NWOBHM gigs, chances are you'll have seen Rhabstallion at some point! They appeared with many of the big names and made the occasional TV appearance too, and released the album Day To Day featuring songs recorded over a number of years, with the ever present line-up of Dave Thompson (guitars) and Graham Hooper on bass plus eitherStuart Toddington or Andy Wood adding extra guitars. Vocals were handled by John Anderton and Steve Ancliffe at different times, with Mark Crowther on drums. Somehow though they never quite made the really big time.

However that wasn't the end of the story. In 2018 Dave Thompson and Graham Hooper got back together and for good measure both previous guitarists came back on board - Stuart Toddington and Andy Wood, with the latter taking over vocal duties too. Add Jack Himsworth on drums and a new, even tighter line-up emerged and it all went so well they decided to re-record much of the earlier album with modern technology, added a few new songs and Back In The Saddle was born.