a replacement for departing keyboardist David Manion. Months later, Kansas drummer Phil Ehart asked him to join the band. Kansas officially announced Brislin’s addition to their current lineup on December 19, 2018. His first performance as a member of Kansas took place on the Rock Legends Cruise in February 2019, after which Kansas resumed its Point of Know Return Anniversary Tour. Brislin’s lyric, compositional, and vocal contributions figure heavily in his studio debut with Kansas, 2020’s The Absence of Presence, with writing credits on seven of the album’s nine songs and a turn at lead vocals on the album’s closing track, “The Song The River Sang.” According to American Songwriter Magazine online, The Absence of Presence “takes the band even further into the progressive rock arena while still maintaining the classic Kansas sound.” The album reached the following positions on various Billboard Charts: Album Sales, #10; Current Album Sales, #10; Tastemakers, #12; Independent Albums, #32; Rock Albums, #31; Germany Albums, #7. On May 28, 2021, Kansas released their sixth live album, Point of Know Return Live & Beyond. The album features 22 songs selected from 12 shows recorded in 2019 and 2020 during Kansas’s Point of Know Return Anniversary Tour, Brislin’s first tour with the band. Kansas resumed their touring schedule on July 30, 2021 in Maumee, Ohio. Their Woodstock, Illinois show on August 7, 2021, marked Brislin’s 100th live performance as a member of the group. They are currently scheduled to tour the United States throughout 2022. Brislin appeared with Kansas on an episode of The CW’s Walker, which aired on April 14, 2022. Discography As solo artist 2011 Steppin' Out (single) 2012 Hurry Up and Smell the Roses (album) 2020 Sanitize Your Phone and Remote Control (single) With You Were Spiraling 1994 You Were Spiraling 1997 Hello Recording Club CD 1999 Delusions Of Grandeur With Spiraling 2002 Transmitter 2004 Challenging Stage (EP) 2005 Do You Hear What I Hear? (single) 2008 Time Travel Made Easy With Meat Loaf 1999 VH1: Storytellers (CD, DVD, and VHS) 1999 Is Nothing Sacred (single) 2003 Couldn't Have Said It Better With Yes 2002 Symphonic Live (DVD/VHS/CD) 2002 Magnification (reissue) With Kansas 2020 The Absence of Presence 2021 Point of Know Return Live & Beyond With other artists 2001 Patti Rothberg - Candelabra Cadabra 2002 Patti Rothberg - Snow Is My Downfall (EP) 2005 Camel - Footage II (DVD) 2009 The Syn -