In the early 1990s, Richards played in Adrian Smith's solo band during his time out of Iron Maiden.
[2] From 1997 to 2008, he played with Man and appeared on five albums: Endangered Species, Down Town Live, Undrugged, Diamonds and Coal and Kingdom of Noise.
[3] In 2014, Richards worked with AC/DC when he filled in for the long-term drummer Phil Rudd during his trial and appeared in several music videos.
The guitarist Chris Buck, from Caerphilly, has collaborated with Slash, joining him on stage as well as being picked up by former Guns N' Roses manager Alan Niven.
Richards has also worked with Dave Edmunds, Andy Fairweather Low, Paul Chapman (UFO), Mikel Japp (KISS), Tony Mills (TNT), Carl Sentence (Krokus, Geezer Butler, Don Airey) and played on the title track of the MGM film, Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London.