Following a residency at the Acadia Club in Frankfurt, Germany in April, 1965 Ian Gillan joined the group as lead singer.
In 1966 Episode Six performed at the Casino du Liban in Beirut, Lebanon where he met Greek dancer and singer, Natasha Koumianou.
They have been seen on stage, film and television in shows such as Who's The Boss?, Murphy Brown, Family Matters, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia.
As a movie actor, Shield serenaded Debra Winger in Wilder Napalm (1993), negotiated with Pamela Anderson in Barb Wire (1996), and played a coke-snorting Brit in Crazy Eyes (2012).
In 2015, Shield was cast as "legendary" rock drummer, Keith Edwards, in the Disney TV series I Didn't Do It.