Alex Neill played lead guitar and sang the main vocals in The Corvairs, a Wellington, New Zealand based group who formed around 1963. In the early part, while with the Corvairs, Alex Neill also pursued a solo career, but had finally left the group by 1965. He released four singles on the Philips label. The first in 1963 was "Tricky Dicky"/"The Ghost Of Gary" and on this recording he was backed by the Premiers. The second in 1964 was "I'm Gonna Love You Too"/"At The Hop".