 The same year, he contributed drums to Thee Heavenly Music Association's debut album "Shaping the Invisible", while in 2008, Krusen's former band Candlebox released first album in ten years entitled "Into the Sun", which featured additional drums previously recorded by Krusen.After befriending singer Travis Warren, who was interested in having Smith and Thorn produce his music, the trio, along with former Blind Melon members Rogers Stevens and Glen Graham, began working with Warren on new songs and announced the reformation of Blind Melon in 2006.They toured from October 8–22 in 2007, and released their first studio album, since "Soup", entitled "For My Friends" on April 22, 2008.