The 1971 self-titled album features a group of backing musicians credited as "Shinki Chen & His Friends", including Golden Cups members George Yanagi and Masayoshi Kabe.
Orita then formed the trio Speed, Glue & Shinki with Kabe on bass, and Filipino singer-drummer Joey Smith, whom Chen had discovered performing with the band Zero History at a shopping center in Yokohama.
Speed, Glue & Shinki released their debut album, Eve, in 1971 but split up shortly after due to mixed reviews, low sales,[3] and Chen and Kabe not being able to tolerate Smith's personal life.
Kabe continued his own successful music career, most prominently with Char and Johnny Yoshinaga in the supergroup Pink Cloud, while Smith reinvented his stage persona as "Pepe Smith" and he and Hanopol returned to the Philippines, reuniting with their Zero History ex-bandmate and guitarist Wally Gonzalez, where the three became something of a phenomenon with their Pinoy rock power trio supergroup, Juan de la Cruz Band.
On April 23, 2022, Atlantic / Run Out Groove reissued Eve for Record Store Day 2022 in the United States, marking the first time the album was officially released outside of Japan.