The solitary 1996 VERTEX album would be notable for the inclusion RATT and ARCADE singer STEPHEN PEARCY on vocals and RAINBOW, OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK SABBATH and URIAH HEEP man Bob Daisley on session bass for the tracks 'Fight' and 'Time And Time'. The much travelled Al Pitrelli, already a veteran of SAVATAGE, ASIA, ALICE COOPER and GREAT WHITE at that stage, would figure on guitar, bass and keyboards.

The VERTEX album was a somewhat odd amalgam of Hard Rock and Techno-Industrialism as supplied courtesy of Hiro Kuretani. Following the VERTEX venture Pearcy rejoined RATT before leaving that band again and flying solo with his own Top Fuel Records. Hiro Kuretani founded WORLD XXI, releasing a 1996 eponymous album.