Asked about the highlight of his working life, Perry tells Guitar World: "It's got to be that period where you realise that, all of a sudden, the club you've been playing in for years is crowded - when, at one time, the only people there were your close friends and a small gathering of fans.

"We'd been touring around the mid-west when Dream On got a lot of airplay in Boston. We came back and suddenly every place we played was filled, from the theatres to even some of the bigger clubs.