Furber's subsequent solo singing career was less successful and in the early 1970s he turned to stage musicals: including Godspell and Nuclear.

[1][6] Furber had met Peard and Wade on a suburban train, the pair had already formed the Bowery Boys earlier that year.

[1][6] In that year Furber, as a popular artist, was interviewed on conscription in teen-oriented pop music newspaper Go-Set's article on Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War.

[13] He stated, "you can't find an excuse for forcing a man to give up his chosen career to go into the army and fight a war in what would be one of the most dubious conflicts of all times.

[14] During a performance in July 1967 in Queanbeyan he was dragged from the stage, "stunned and groggy, [he] climbed back with the aid of police and continued his act.

That was followed in November by "I'm on Fire" / "Watch Me Burn", with both sides written by Vanda & Young (ex-The Easybeats) as a two-part pop suite.

[6][13] According to Iain McIntyre in his book, Tomorrow Is Today (2006), "'I'm on Fire' is scintillating pop track underscored by a ripping lead fuzz guitar line and a solid rhythm section" however "'Watch Me Burn' is even wilder, with twin lead guitars (one fuzz and one wah-wah) wailing away beneath Furber's excellent vocal performance".

[1][13] In June 1970 Furber toured Australia with the Sect, and Doug Parkinson in Focus as support acts to United States group the Four Tops.

[1][2] In 1974 Festival Records, which had bought out the Sunshine label's catalogue, issued a compilation album by Various Artists, So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star?

[6] In 2005 Radioactive Records re-issued Just a Poor Boy, Allmusic's Richie Unterberger found "Furber was an okay but uneven singer, and in fact sounds rather horribly off-pitch on 'Stop!'

[6] In that era Australian men were required to register for a sortition (a type of lottery) based on their 20th birthday, subsequently individuals were conscripted for National Service, during the Vietnam War.

[2] According to music historian Ian McFarlane, he was "[n]ever a strong-willed person to begin with, Furber continued to suffer bouts of depression.

"[1] In his autobiography, For Facts Sake (2013), bass guitarist Bob Daisley alleges that other sources confirmed that Furber was murdered.

[20] Furber was cremated and in 1989 his ashes, together with his recently deceased mother's, were spread beneath a cherry blossom tree near Barramunga in the Otway Ranges.