I mean, NE did have a run in the 80s, but I think your line of demarcation with them is the 'Heartbreak' album, which blew them up. But that was what, 88? Yes they did their solo/BBD stuff and did 'Home Again' in 96. While they technically didn't break up through that time, how do you factor that solo work in to the group popularity?

With Guy, you've got another 88 album whose influence is felt long after that. True, they had 'The Future' in '90, and recorded Guy III in , what, 99 (but nobody wanted to listen to that shit by then). But between Aaron's likited solo work and the whole NJS, how much of that was Guy as a group?

Personally I like either group over BIIM, but I think the timing of their popularity almost discounts their inclusion here, even though their influence was still felt in the 90s

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