Eric Burdon sang with them at The Scotch of St James where they were employed as the house band and Jimi Hendrix jammed with them.
[12] In 1969 they became the house band for the rock musical Catch My Soul-Rock Othello produced by Jack Good[13] and their participation was billed as 'music interpreted by Gass'.
[14] By this period the band were known simply as Gass[15] and they released their first album Juju (1970)[16] which featured guitarist Peter Green.
[4] Pete Masden mentions in his book Funk guitar and Bass, that during this period Godfrey McLean and Tench performed at regular jam sessions with other musicians at Ronnie Scott's club.
[21] Delisle Harper who was the band's bass player in a later lineup appeared with Tench on Freddie King's Burglar (1974) also Larger than Life (1975).