He was also the guitarist of the band Genesis for a brief time,[1] following the departure of founding member Anthony Phillips, just before Steve Hackett came in and replaced him.
In September, drummer Mayhew was replaced by Phil Collins, and this new four-piece line-up played several concerts in October.
[6]: 213–14 Mick Barnard was recommended to the band by Friars Aylesbury impresario David Stopps, and he joined Genesis as their new guitarist.
The Banks-Gabriel-Rutherford-Collins-Barnard line-up played shows from 3 November 1970 to 10 January 1971: thirty concerts and one television appearance.
I remember when we had already auditioned Steve but were still rehearsing with Mick which wasn't a very nice thing to do, we were doing the end part of "The Musical Box" and he was playing this little guitar phrase over the top of it and we thought this was really good.