 During the reformed Rainbow's recording of the album "Stranger in Us All" in 1995, on which Night contributed some of the lyrics and backing harmony vocals, the duo were already gearing up their debut album.In 1997, the project started as being a pun of their own names, which would consist of themselves plus session musicians.Their debut album "Shadow of the Moon" was a musical success and featured Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull on flute for the song "Play Minstrel Play".