That makes already two Bandit fans in the world, we're getting there!
They were slaughtered in the English music press at the time for being the epitome of unfashionable though (or because!) they were a not-quite-super-group of sorts (if you count in what they did in the aftermath too), James Litherland (the other guitarist) had been the co-founder of Colosseum, the drummer (Graham Broad) was with Roger Waters and Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings later on.
Their big break should have been opening for Paice Ashton Lord or PAL in 1977
but that fell literally flat on its face when Tony Ashton stumbled into an orchestra pit from a multi-level stage and PAL's lavishly financed attempt of bringing "
Little Feat with horns"-type music to the UK masses ignited neither former Deep Purple nor Punk fans. PAL pulled the UK and European tour and never resumed it, dreams of America were discarded. Pity because I really liked their stuff though Tony Ashton wasn't a real singer, more a stage conferencier.