Downes and Payne continued as Asia, releasing multiple albums, but they struggled to maintain a stable lineup around them.

In August 2005, Slade left the group to be replaced by Jay Schellen (who had helped on some writing sessions for Silent Nation).

[6] After a short period of further touring, the new band started work on an album, tentatively entitled Architect of Time,[7][8] which was originally planned for release in 2006.

They recruited Ryo Okumoto on keyboards to form new band GPS, using some of the material planned for Architect of Time on their debut album, Window to the Soul (2006).

[8][9] The first release under this name at the end of 2007 was a live recording of the late 2005 Asia lineup of Downes, Payne, Govan and Schellen, entitled Extended Versions in the U.S. and Scandinavia in the UK.

In 2009 Govan was replaced by Mitch Perry, a session musician with experience touring with major acts including Cher, Michael Schenker and Edgar Winter.

[14] A studio album, originally called Architect of Time (the name ultimately used for a Payne side project instead) and then Americana,[15] was underway and expected for release late in 2012,[16] but was delayed.

[18] In 2012, the band announced that Bouillet had left to pursue solo work, replacing him with a dual guitar lineup of Moni Scaria and Jeff Kollman.

[1] Payne and Norlander described this decision as coming out respect for the passing of John Wetton, also citing this material was written by them and not under Asia.

[24] On January 31, 2025, Asia featuring John Payne performed a show in Uncasville, Connecticut (at Wolf Den @ Mohegan Sun) with a new line-up made of John Payne on vocals, bass, guitar; Mark Cole on guitar, bass; Walter Ino on Keyboards and Aaron Olson on drums.