The vibrant beat scene in Hamburg in the early 1960s, triggered by the Beatles' performances at the Star-Club, attracted many other English and Scottish bands to the Elbe metropolis. Among them were guitarist Byron Grant and bassist Mike Reoch with their beat band The Tremors. A few years later, at the end of the sixties, they teamed up with singer and fellow countryman John Latimer and German drummer Manfred Bebert to form the band Light of Darkness. This also marked a change in style towards hard blues rock. Their various live performances caught the attention of the major label Philips, which has its headquarters in Hamburg. They signed a record deal and recorded their eponymous debut album in early 1971, which was initially released in Germany in March in a limited edition. On their first and only LP, the three Scottish musicians with a German drummer offered British-style bluesy hard rock with psychedelic elements, distorted guitars and harmonica, topped off with distinctive, throaty, nasal vocals. However, the record went down without a trace, and the band soon broke up. Today, it is one of those hopelessly rare and endlessly sought-after albums.