Perfect Timing is the debut album recorded by the McAuley Schenker Group.

At this point, the band featured an eclectic mix of musicians in terms of nationalities.

McAuley hails from Ireland originally, while Schenker and drummer Bodo Schopf are both from Germany.

American guitarist Mitch Perry (aka Mitch Brownstein from the band The Kydz)[4] had originally played in bass virtuoso Billy Sheehan's band, Talas (and had later joined the revamped Australian/American version of the band Heaven), while bassist Rocky Newton and guest keyboardist/rhythm guitarist Steve Mann were British and had previously been members of the band Lionheart.

Mann would officially join the band for MSG's next album, replacing Perry.