in december 1968, eclection supported the beach boys on a 10-day tour, and afterwards they continued to tour clubs. mike rosen left the band in march 1969, and the band recruited guitarist gary boyle, previously a member of the brian auger trinity, and vibraphone player john "poli" palmer of blossom toes. however, boyle left again in june to rejoin auger. the band continued as a five-piece and performed (along with bob dylan and the who) at the isle of wight festival in august 1969, but hultgreen then decided to leave. lucas, conway, palmer and henderson continued to tour for several months, finally agreeing to split up in december 1969 when palmer decided to join family. conway said: "we just decided, eventually, that we weren't really going anywhere. not where we wanted to go, anyway."