John and Ingram formed a songwriting partnership, resolving to start their own "slinky, sexy, and erotic" group, working in a short-lived band called Fizzz.

While they were auditioning for another short-lived band, Midnight Express, they met drummer Errol Kennedy (born 9 June 1953, Montego Bay, Jamaica), who at a very young age had learned to drum in the Boys' Brigade and Air Training Corps.

Formed in early 1981,[5] the trio took a demo tape of a track called "Body Talk" to producers Jolley & Swain.

They had two more hit singles that year, "In and Out of Love" (September 1981) and "Flashback" (November 1981), both of which peaked at number 16, all from their debut album, also called Body Talk.

John with new members, Nat Augustin and Peter Royer, continued and recorded a last album, The Fascination of the Physical, in 1992 which produced no charting singles.