The Masters Apprentices had top 20 singles chart success with "5:10 Man", "Think about Tomorrow Today", "Turn Up Your Radio" and "Because I Love You".

[2][3] In 1967 Burgess and Denny formed psychedelic group Honeybunch with Travers and Bill Verbaan on bass guitar (ex-Morloch).

Both their drummer Steve Hopgood and lead guitarist Tony Sommers were disenchanted with the band's erratic fortunes, so founding member Jim Keays decided to replace them.

In Sydney, the Burgess brothers met Keays when the Haze supported the Masters Apprentices at a gig in suburban Ashfield.

Keays then approached Doug Ford, an electric guitarist from the Missing Links and its offshoot Running Jumping Standing Still.

[8] In 1983, Burgess and his brother Denny formed the hard rock band His Majesty with Japanese singer Yukiko Davis and Spike Williams on guitar.

[3] Though the band folded in 1988, in 1992 a new lineup which included lead guitarist John Botica and keyboardist Claude Woodward was invited by Regular Records to cut an album with Tiny Tim.

Good Time Charlie toured Southeast Asia and recorded an album, Adults Only, which was produced by John Robinson formerly of Australian band Blackfeather.

[citation needed] In October 1998 the Masters Apprentices were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame as the classic line-up of Burgess, Ford, Keays and Wheatley.

[9] One month later both Burgess brothers were in a vehicle collision while travelling to a CD launch party for Good Time Charlie, "Both were severely injured.