re: Christian Rock bands

Joel was on the band’s 1996 album. That was around the time they were beginning to get heavy exposure in the CCM world.

Peter Furler took on prominent lead vocal duties in 1994, perhaps most notably with the single “Shine.”

While James and Furler shared vocal duties until their ‘98 album, the songs that garnered the most attention on radio were sung by Furler.

So for me, I consider Joel & Furler to be classic Newsboys as they were present during the band’s period of heavy exposure. Not to mention when one hears Newsboys on the radio, nine times out of ten it’s a song with those two in it.

They’re just great songwriters anyway, Joel penned a great jam with “Entertaining Angels.”