 In 1988, he sang the role of Major Murgatroyd in a concert performance of Act II of "Patience" at The Proms.He was a guest artist with the revived D'Oyly Carte Opera Company on its tour to California, playing Pooh-Bah in "The Mikado", and also with "The Magic of D'Oyly Carte".Ayldon toured North America frequently with Kenneth Sandford, Geoffrey Shovelton, Lorraine Daniels, and others in the 1990s with a concert programme of G&S favourites called "The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan" or "G&S à la Carte", often conducted by John Owen Edwards.