signing to Sparrow Records in 1987, he put together a touring band, called "the Distance", to continue with his career. Geoff Moore and the Distance In 1988, Geoff Moore and the Distance released their first official album together, entitled A Place to Stand. They also recorded Foundations in 1989 for Sparrow Records. After a year of touring, they jumped to Forefront Records and recorded Pure and Simple in 1990. They followed in 1992 with A Friend Like U. This album would garner them their first real US Christian radio exposure with its title song. This started their most prolific period with the Grammy-nominated albums Ev-O-Lu-Tion in 1993 and Homerun in 1995. This album produced US Christian radio hits like "Evolution Redefined", "Life Together" and "Home Run". The video for "Home Run" featured former Major League All-Star pitcher Tim Burke. In 1995, Benson released a compilation of hits from Moore's first solo albums titled The Early Years. The following year the band released a double-disc greatest hits compilation which contained new unreleased bonus tracks as well as a live performance from Rome, Georgia. In 1997, the band released Threads, another Grammy-nominated album which featured a cover of The Who's "I'm Free" as its lead single. After more than ten years with the Distance, which he called "an incredible journey" in the Star Tribune, Moore decided to disband the group and go his own way in 1998. As he told Jim Varsallone in the Tampa Tribune, "I just really sensed it was time for me to explore some new things, musically and in the ministry…. I needed to slow down and simplify my life." In 1999 Moore returned to the studio to begin work on a new solo record. This began a new season of his music career which is still active today. The Distance members were: Roscoe Meek – guitar (1990–1995) Guy Platter – guitar (1993–1994) Dale Oliver – guitar (1987–1989) Lang Bliss – drums (1987–1989) Arlin Troyer – bass guitar (1987–1990) Geof Barkley – keyboards, vocals (1988–1998) Gary Mullett – bass guitar (1990–1998) Greg Herrington – drums (1990–1994) Chuck Conner – drums (1995–1998) Joel McCreight – guitar (1996–1998) Solo career In 1999, after a short time off, Moore emerged with his eponymous solo album on Forefront Records. In 2002 he followed it up with A Beautiful Sound. Near the end of 2005 he released two new studio albums independently, Every