Ritchie de Vries (real name: Rodney Purvis) was an old friend of Dennis Tanner from the 1960s who he worked with in his show business days. Dennis started to get the bug to revisit his old life and got in touch with his friend who had his own band, "The Power", who had reached No.13 in 1965 with Sweets of the Night. He arranged to meet Ritchie in Nick's Bistro and Rita Tanner and Norris Cole, amused but intrigued, towed along. Gloria Price heard about the impending visit and, much to Rita's annoyance, joined them.