Mike Rimmer spoke to BRYAN DUNCAN about his return to the CD racks

Bryan: The first reason for the Sweet Comfort Band reunion to do a record was to write songs and speak from a different perspective about the same experience of faith. It's easy to cut and paste all the answers when you're young, you've heard all the right things to say, and you adopt a lot of that. In the end of your life, you've got nothing to prove - nobody can hurt you the way they did when you were young - so you can be more honest. I think that it shows in the material that we came with up - what our feelings and our faith look like after 40 years of presenting the Gospel - and that made this record, 'The Waiting Is Over', one of the best records we've done ever, solo or as a band. It's out on CD now.

Mike: Is there going to be a lot of gigging with Sweet Comfort Band?

Bryan: The number one plan for the Sweet Comfort Band is to see what God wants to do. We've got to a point where we don't just jump out there and make our plans without prayer and guidance from God. I have no idea how many concerts we will do. We played the release party already, and it was like we had never left. The music just comes back with all of its passion. I'm going to be most excited about doing the new stuff over playing the old hits. But, of course, I think we did five of the old songs at the release party; and we'll just see where it goes. It's the great adventure once again. I'd love to tell you that it's all lined up, but I'm still waiting in another direction: the waiting is over for the album, and now the waiting begins for what we do with it.

Mike: What would you say is your approach to evangelism?

Bryan: If I were a cookie, I'd probably be a Mrs Fields chocolate chip cookie with that frosting on the top, fresh out of the oven - my my. That's how I compare my evangelism, it's the smell-the-cookies approach: it's got to smell good, make you hungry. That hopefully describes my music and my endeavours all the way around.

Mike: I understand you are something of a motor cycle freak.

Bryan: I got into motorcycling because I think it's the cheapest form of therapy you can find, and it's the closest thing to Heaven you can do on the Earth. Talking to God is great when you're sitting behind the handlebars of a Harley Davidson. I have a custom Heritage Softail named Jezebel; she's a wandering soul, and we go all over the place. I even started riding to about 40 per cent of my gigs. If they're local, 16 hours one way, I'll take the bike. It beats going through the security lines at the airport and it's cheaper on gas. I ride with a group, it's a motorcycle ministry called Black Sheep Harley Davidsons For Christ; there's probably about 2000 members at this point. The main thing is an outreach to other bikers, members of Harley Owners Group - HOG, we call them. The camaraderie of riding, I just need one other guy, and let's go to Utah; it's like being on the moon in Utah. Riding a motorcycle just takes lots of stress out of your life.

Mike: What do you think about the Nashville TV drama series?

Bryan: I haven't watched the TV show Nashville, so I can't speak about it. Anything that's music-related, I don't watch those - unless it's a documentary of a particular musician's life. I've got my own soap opera in the music business: why watch it on TV? Nashville is probably a breeding ground for insecurity, because everybody does what you do. There's a lot of people you've never heard of that are better than you, and struggling. If nothing else, trips to Nashville or watching it on TV might make you grateful for the life you have.

Mike: Looking back on your life do you feel there are still things for you to achieve?

Bryan: I've probably had an extraordinary life; I've gotten to do most of the things I wanted to. If there's anything I've missed so far, it's the chance to take a 200ft sail boat around the Caribbean. I think that would be fun. They have a thing down there called the Barefoot Cruise lines. I'd love to take something where you could live on board the ship for about a month and sail around the Caribbean. I don't see that happening in the near future, but we can all dream.

Mike: What would improve your life right now?

Bryan: That's a dangerous question, because the first thing that comes to mind is a windfall of cashflow. I think that's what everybody thinks, that money would fix everything: probably the reason we don't get that. So I'm trusting God with what would make my life better than it is right now, but I can't imagine what that would be. I'm enjoying where I'm at.