Stryper Reunion
It was Gaines' involvement in SinDizzy with Fox which lead to a partial Stryper reunion in 1999 at a concert in Puerto Rico where both Sindizzy and Stryper frontman, Michael Sweet were invited. Later, they were asked to play a festival in Central America in 2000 with Sweet. All former bandmates joined each other on stage and performed for a crowd in excess of 10,000 spectators ushering in the opportunity for a full blown reunion later in 2000 at the first annual 'Stryper Expo' with Robert Sweet joining his former bandmates.
The success of these appearances led to a 2003 reunion tour and a new release (Stryper's 7) which would see the band tour and play venues around the nation. The concept of what became the art cover for 7 was Gaines'.
Gaines spent April and May 2007 touring the U.S., Dominican Republic, and Trinidad, with singer/songwriter Richard Marx as bass player. August 15, 2008 Gaines was on stage with Tourniquet at the Flevo Festival.
In the fall of 2009 Gaines released his first solo effort entitled Breakfast @ Timothy's.
On September 6, 2011, Gaines officially signed on as an endorser for Overture Guitars for his signature model, the Overture Stronghold TG Bass. On January 19, 2012, Gaines showed the unveiling of his new signature model to the public in Anaheim, California at the annual Winter NAMM show.
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