At the time that they recorded their eponymous CD, Missing Man Formation also included Steve Kimock on guitar, Bobby Vega on bass, and Prairie Prince on drums.

[1] On Allmusic, Tom Schulte wrote, "Missing Man Formation is high-caliber musicianship fueling '70s-style rock ballads and jazz-like instrumentals.... Vince Welnick entered the Grateful Dead fold as keyboardist in 1990.

"[2] Writing in The Music Box in 1999, when the band was still together, John Metzger said, "The debut disc from Vince Welnick's Missing Man Formation is a posthumous look back at the original group, which included drummer Prairie Prince as well as Zero's Steve Kimock and Bobby Vega.

Robin Sylvester and Trey Sabatelli both provide backing vocals on this release, and they were later tapped to play bass and drums, respectively, on Missing Man Formation's last tour.

Also joining the new incarnation of the group is saxophonist Bobby Strickland..."[3] In the Hartford Courant, John M. Moran wrote, "In [Missing Man Formation], Welnick and a collection of San Francisco-area musicians (such as Zero's Steve Kimock, ubiquitous drummer Prairie Prince, Zero bassist Bobby Vega) range widely over the musical terrain — moving from flat-out rockers to bluesy ballads, to lengthy space jams and improvisations.