 It also provided an outlet for his first compositions, at a rate of one or two tracks per album.Following Wolf's break-up, Etheridge briefly played in the Global Village Trucking Company for a UK tour supporting Gong in early 1975, before a recommendation from fellow guitarist Allan Holdsworth led to him joining Soft Machine, now in full fusion mode having just released "Bundles".Etheridge went on to record two albums with the band, "Softs" (1976) and "" (1978).