Prior to the release of the album, the band finally decided upon the name Skin (someone had written it down on a wall) and embarked upon a 14 date UK tour supporting Little Angels.

In order to capitalize upon their appearance at Gateshead Stadium supporting Bon Jovi, the band also recorded and released Take Me Down to the River as a double CD along with some of the Borderline cuts.

A gig that would potentially give excellent exposure was marred by a fault with the band equipment as a voltage converter was incorrectly installed to USA settings by a stage tech which resulted in blowing Gray's guitar amplifier and McLeod's Hammond organ.

[citation needed] 1996 marked the first time that touring keyboard player Colin McLeod was featured in promotional artwork as well as the music video for single "Perfect Day".

"Ride The Blue Wave" evolved into the title track from the album, but "Big Fat Slice..." and "Degeneration" were omitted due to the fan club release.

Warm up shows in London and Wolverhampton were announced, with Myke and Neville playing an acoustic set at Pontypridd Muni Hall to start it off, almost 11 years to the day that the band split up.

A second tour followed later in the year, along with the release of Up Close and Personal an acoustic CD album (featuring reworkings of classic Skin songs and two new tracks "Re-United" and "Redemption"), and Reunited, a DVD of their re-forming.

[2] The band however announced on their website that they would once again disband following a farewell tour in December 2010, though they played their last show at the High Voltage Festival in London, on 23 July 2011, alongside headliners Judas Priest, Dream Theater and Jethro Tull.

They were to perform on the Zippo Encore Stage on Friday 14 June, however it was announced on 28 May 2013 that Neville MacDonald had left the band for 'Personal Reasons'[4] and Dicki Fliszar confirmed on his Facebook page that Skin had permanently disbanded.

Myke Gray continued his career as studio musician and songwriter, including co-writing the Right Said Fred hit single You're My Mate, and later became a personal fitness trainer.