the whole thing stinks of the NJ - KTF period indeed but just because it got sorted out then, doesn't mean it will now. Also, no laundry was done in public at the time, well not at this level though. But we must remember that social media wasn't really a thing back then, it's pretty hard to keep things from the public eye nowadays. we'll just have to wait and see. NJ came out in 88, KTF came out in 92 - that's a 4 year period in between albums but it's not like they didn't gig at all during those years. Far as I'm concerned, the NJ tour didn't end until 1990 and they played 'Blaze of Glory' together at the awards thing right ? And then in 92 they were touring.. whereas in this case, Richie missed almost an entire tour... again, it's just a lot different and a lot worse.