Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, felt that "Few alternative bands of the day could ever hope to match that line-up for muscular bravado and sheer instrumental firepower".
[1][2] Soon after the line-up was expanded by Kurt Hans Linotner on harmonica and David John Moll replaced Wales on lead guitar.
[1][2][4][5] Late in 1984 Harem Scarem released their debut 12" vinyl five-track extended play, Dogman, on Au Go Go, which featured "Fever Rock".
[6] Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described "Fever Rock" as "epic" and one of "the band's stage favourites", which was issued as a gig give-away 7" single.
[1][2] McFarlane described the new ensemble: "Few alternative bands of the day could ever hope to match that line-up for muscular bravado and sheer instrumental firepower".
[8] Jarrod Watt of ABC Ballarat opined that the remastering had "taken a dusty, much-loved relic and polished the sound to 21st century standards of fidelity and clarity".
By the time the album had appeared Jex Saarelaht had joined on piano (ex-Kate Ceberano and Her Septet alongside Peter Jones).
[1][2] Jeannie Zakharov of The Canberra Times previewed their February 1989 gig where the band "will get a little help from its friends in the form of the horn section from Hunters and Collectors".
[10] She gave a brief history: "[they] started out playing Velvet Underground songs, went through a blues period then moved toward rock and roll with its various line-up changes, has got good reviews for its new album, Lo and Behold, and single 'Long Time Between Drinks'".
Frontman Christopher Marshall was capable of taking his dynamic voice from a guttural roar to a breathy whisper, and back to an anguished howl in the space of one phrase.
[2] Aside from his solo career, Wilson was a session musician for various acts including: Paul Kelly & the Coloured Girls, Hunters & Collectors, and Crowded House.