Nonetheless, the group's material has been reinstated into the public conscious after 1960s psychedelic music collectors have discovered the Tangerine Zoo's work years after their disbandment.

[3] The band recruited Ron Medeiros (keyboards, harmonica) and Wayne Gagnon, the latter of whom Taveira was bandmates with in the group the Rockin' Teens.

With the burgeoning psychedelic rock scene and hippie movement emerging in Boston, the group's new sound featuring a Hammond organ and fuzz-toned instrumentals put them on the edge of mainstream popularity.

[3] One review states "with swirly Hammond and feedback-drenched psychedelic noodling a-plenty doesn't seem like a good way to avoid the mainstream and do your own thing, but the band manage to stamp their own style on this classic".

[5] Ironically, the Tangerine Zoo's recording of "One Is the Loneliest Number" was not released, and became a national hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for Three Dog Night in April 1969.

[2] All the while, the Tangerine Zoo was advertised as a proponent to the Bosstown Sound, a commercial strategy focusing on several Boston-area psychedelic rock bands such as Ultimate Spinach and the Beacon Street Union.