Wearing a silver plastic helmet with white wings and a flashing red light on top (which she performs in to this day), and playing haunting ethereal covers of rock n roll classics, Susan got the name "The Space Lady" from fans and from a newspaper contest.

The two formed a duo, with Susan accompanying Eric on his original songs, singing harmonies and playing accordion, alternating with silver flute solos.

The couple picked London's Night School Records, who produced "The Space Lady's Greatest Hits," in the winter of 2013, containing a dozen remastered tracks from the CD, plus a single with an iconic solarized cover photo of TSL, by San Francisco poet and photographer Tinker Greene.

The Space Lady's "First World Tour" began in March 2014 on the USA West Coast, followed by the UK in April, and Western Europe in October/November.

She studied piano and flute as a girl, picked up acoustic guitar while in college, then taught herself to play a keyboard accordion on the streets and in the subways of Boston in the early 80s, before transitioning to electronic music by upgrading to her "trademark" Casiotone MT-40.

The latter is featured on her 2015 LP from Castle Face Records, along with covers of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" (Arlen & Harburg), "Starman" (David Bowie), and "Across the Universe"(Lennon & McCartney).

Because of his fears of being caught and sent to Vietnam or prison, they lived without IDs or jobs, taking a "vow of poverty" in order to protect him and avoid making any contribution to the "Establishment," i.e., the military-industrial complex.

Joel had aspired to become a one-man-rock-band, calling himself "The Cosmic Man," and wearing what has now become The Space Lady's winged helmet, but his fear kept him from performing in public, although his engaging personality gained him a couple of enthusiastic followers who drove the two of them to Boston, where they said his music would be well received.

Still, no public appearances occurred, and the one-man-band idea was finally abandoned, although Joel and Susan briefly formed a 4-piece ambient synthesizer and guitar band called "Blind Juggler."

Two years later, she upgraded to the newly released Casiotone MT-40 and began singing through a mic and delay pedal, wearing the now iconic winged helmet, as well as a couple of other electrified hats Joel designed for her.