Long standing guitarist Richard Smyth was followed by Mike McKenna, Ted Leonard, Kevin Higgins and Chris Burgess, with each musician providing their own flair and expertise to the growth of the band, pianist Martin Alex Aucoin and saxophonist Larry Bodnar joining the band when funding permitted.

In 1984 the Black Swan Tavern changed owners, a move that provided the Kendall Wall Band the opportunity to showcase special guest musicians and include an afternoon jam session allowing upcoming musicians the opportunity to perform with a working band making the Saturday Afternoon Blues Matinee the most popular go to destination for blues fans in Toronto.

The Kendall Wall Band saw blues musicians come to perform with them from both international and Canadian destinations of blues or the band was sought to back musicians appearing with notables such as Eddie Shaw, Carey Bell, Fenton Robinson, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Snooky Pryor, Big Jay McNealy, Honkin' Joe Houston, Phil Guy, Johnny V Mills and Cash McCall.

[8] In 1988 the band acquired veteran guitarist Mike McKenna just in time to complete a three night show at the Toronto Albert's Hall.

The result, a substandard demo used to help book gigs for the band, the multi-track tapes went into a drawer where they were stored and forgotten about until 25 years later.

To round out this team, Darton acquired Joel Goldberg, a director and producer who made several award winning documentaries, music videos, television shows/series and commercials.

[11] To date, efforts to raise the crowdfunding required through these methods did not produce results,[12] with the film completed Gary Kendall decided to venture forward with the documentary which was released in December 2015.