he was recruited by ufo in 1976 to replace their first keyboardist, danny peyronel. he wrote songs for ufo but because of a previous publishing deal was not credited for these songs until recent years. when michael schenker left ufo, he joined schenker's own band, msg, in 1981 and later joined ufo bassist pete way's own band, waysted, in 1983. raymond worked with phil mogg, andy parker, along with schenker and way, in ufo from 1976–1981, 1984–1986, 1993–1998 and 2003–2019.