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Allen, however, continued to develop the Gong mythology from the late seventies up until the nineties in his solo work, and with bands such as Euterpe, Planet Gong ( which comprised Allen and Smyth playing with the British festival band Here & Now ), and New York Gong ( comprising Allen and the musicians who would later become known as Material ), while Smyth formed a separate band Mother Gong, with Jean-Paul Vivini from the band Can AM Des Puig ( author of The Book of AM produced by Daevid Allen ), playing in Spain and England.

Allen delighted in this proliferation of groups and considered his role at this time to be that of an instigator, travelling around the world leaving active Gong-related bands in his wake.