Richards' New Barbarians (world tour, 1980), Animal Logic (with Stuart Copeland, two albums and tours, 1989), the "Superband" (with Larry Carlton, Billy Cobham, Najee and Deron Johnson, 1993-1994), The Rite of Strings (with Jean-Luc Ponty and Al Di Meola, 1995 and 2004) Vertu' (with Lenny White, 1999) and