Shawn and I stuck it out, and hooked up with Eddie, the Drumming Tempomaster from Utopian who had been on a hiatus with his wife in the country plucking chickens. It just fell into place that he came back to town at the right time! After looking at many excellent , but emotionally bleak guitar players, we stumbled upon Scott Brooks, the second generation, mainstay guitar player of the band's history.

When we found Scott who came from a professional musical family, and had a mild mannered demeanor, we knew we had struck gold. Neverclear was the new name, and the mystery was brewing (thus the name). We spent the second half of our careers in this band. This band was very chaotic. Mind you, chaos is fun and interesting, but unless you're Willie Nelson, it wears on you after a few years. Finally, after being the only surviving original member of the group, and burned out, I quit. The group hired another bass player, kept gigging, but broke up within a few months too.