Although their debut album The Garden Of Jane Delawney was not a success, they recorded their second album On The Shore soon after, in the same year 1970. The psychedelic folk-rock band Trees, founded in the spring of 1969 on the initiative of the two guitarists Barry Clarke and David Costa, quickly became an integral part of the live scene at British universities and colleges during the folk-rock boom of the time. Together with singer Celia Humphris, bassist and singer Bias Boshell and drummer Unwin Brown, they were a sought-after live band in 1970 and 1971, supporting major acts across the country, including Pink Floyd, Fotheringay, Fleetwood Mac and Procol Harum.

In October 1970, they recorded their follow-up album. Again at Chelsea Sound Techniques studios, once again produced by Tony Cox, who had a significant influence on the folk-rock scene of the late 1960s and the emerging progressive rock scene, and who also produced Caravan alongside the band Trees. Often compared to their contemporaries Fairport Convention, they nevertheless enriched their traditional folk music and folk rock with hard, heavy psychedelic guitar riffs. In January 1971, their second and final album was released on CBS, featuring cover art by Hipgnosis. As this LP also went unnoticed at the time, the London-based quintet disbanded shortly afterwards. Although they failed to achieve commercial success, their two albums went on to achieve cult status in the following years.