Peel had presumably known group founder member Bill Sharpe since he had worked as a studio manager for the BBC for six years before forming the band, hence when introducing Shakatak for the first time on Top of the Pops he states"..with my mate Bill Sharpe on the keyboards..Shakatak!". Introducing them as the final act on a show presented in April 1982 he says "...the fellow in the dreadful shirt ids my mate Bill Sharpe", and again refers to him as "my mate Bill Sharpe wearing yet another truly hideous shirt" when presenting the group with their latest hit in July 1984. Both Peel and Sharpe appeared on the same edition of Round Table shortly after that on 03 August 1984. Sharpe also recorded material with former session artist Gary Numan in the latter part of the 80s.