After the break-up of Van der Graaf, Guy settled as a sheep farmer in Pyworth, Devon and set up his own home studio Hidden Drive. The Long Hello Volume Two and parts of Volume Three and Four were recorded here. Guy on TLH Vol. 4: "To list all the componants of its particular lunacy is impossible but the following definitely contributed; the geese; the generator, which via batteries supplied useable electricity only in three hour bursts requiring interludes of several hours to re-charge; the blizzards which kept me cut off at Ox's Cross three times... Add to these the spirit of Riley and the anarchy which always accompanied the visits of musical inventor and prankster Dave Sawyer." (From the inner sleeve notes of The Long Hello Volume Four.) Guy is helped out by colleagues of LIFE OF RILEY among others on the album: "I joined Life Of Riley two days before its debut gig at Bude Surf Club. We then gigged extensively around Devon and Cornwall, were always re-booked, made recordings at Hidden Drive and Otter and appeared on Panorama. We even ended up with a positive bank balance. Although the only piece ensemble Riley on this album is 'The Rock of Riley', the band members appear in various combinations on all tracks... Life Of Riley has been described as 'The best fun you can have with your clothes on'." (Also from Guy's inner sleeve notes of The Long Hello Volume Four.)

Guy's and PH's Spur Of The Moment was a MIDI-based improvisational and experimental album coupled with a few gigs back in 1988. The two of them have recently worked together for the first time in eight years. And some reunion it was! Check out VdGG VIb.

ECHO CITY is a sort of art collective started in 1983. Core members include Giles Perring (of Life Of Riley), Susie Honeyman, Paul Shearsmith, Rob Mills, Julia Farrington and Guy. They use some ordinary and quite a few of their home-made - or rather on-site made - instruments. The former are mainly wind instruments and the latter are heavy on the percussive side, stuff made of industrial materials or whatever they might find. Check out their clangerphones, batphones, baliphones etc. The group build sonic playgrounds for disabled children, make multi-media performances etc. sometimes fairly structured, sometimes not. The Sonic Sport 1983-88 album is a re-release of Gramophone with two extra tracks/30 minutes of live action featuring PH as guest conductor and Jaxon as guest soloist.
Guy: "The basic format is simple: minimal notice to players of impending gig, no transport arrangements and definitely no discussion of what's to be played. This cunningly ensures a healthy level of panic, variety of line-up, selective choice of instruments (mine usually governed by what I can carry on my bike) and eliminates most argument." (Pilgrims no. 27). Well, they spent tree months working on-site at the Hayward Adventure Playground in Islington, London constructing "a set of instruments which were robust and accessible to people with limited co-ordination" (also Pilgrims no. 27). They've performed overseas, too, in Dublin, New York, Canada and Germany (some bike rides, Guy!).

BIG BUDDHA - known as the world's smallest big band - is a jazz combo with Rob Mills (of Echo City) and Karen Boswall (part time Echo Citizen) on saxes, Gus Garside (double bass) and Guy (drums). Both their cassette only albums are live recordings. The track The Caretaker's Wife '92 off Buddhology... is included as one of three bonus tracks on the CD release of Guy's The Long Hello Volume Four (Voiceprint 1993).

A new and weird solo album by Guy is expected later this year.