I needed an opportunity to get back in the studio and get my recording chops back together.

Before the release of Hot Shot longtime bassist Cowling left the band and Travers would work with several different bassists until Cowling's return in 1989. Travers' first recording for the label was Blues Tracks released in 1992. Several more releases on the BBI label followed during the 1990s.

Kirk Hammett of Metallica has cited him as one of his favorite guitar players. Patrick Henry "Pat" Travers (born April 12 1954) is a Canadian rock guitarist keyboardist and singer who began his recording career with Polydor Records in the mid-1970s.