It featured lead singer and bassist Steve Gould, organist Graham Stansfield, electric pianist David Kaffinetti and drummer Mark Ashton.
In August 1969, they found the ideal rhythm section in Steve Gould, Chris Randall and Mark Ashton.
Gould and Randall, who had both previously been members of the pop-psych band Fruit Machine, applied to the ad as vocals/guitar and bass respectively, and both were taken on.
Before joining Lunch, Randall and Gould had previously written a song called "To the Memory of Two Brave Dogs".
Rare Bird included this song in their debut album, renaming it "Iceberg", but Randall received no credit.
[5] In early 1971, Graham Stansfield left Rare Bird to form a short-lived solo project, the Fields.
Dave Kaffinetti (credited as David Kaff) played the part of Viv Savage in This Is Spinal Tap (1984).