I can only speak for myself, and certainly not for an entire country, but I think Americans never quite bought into that idea that Saxon should be taken lightly. They're just another NWOBHM band--nothing more and nothing less. Besides that, if nothing else, Biff's singing, like we've noted, is still actually pretty good. That's just not something that can be taken for granted.
Glenn Hughes, not only still sounds young, but even looks younger than his years. He has definitely been doing something right or maybe it's all just genetics. Whatever it is, it's obviously something very much to his advantage and something anyone would wish for.