2012, Hogarth is best known as the frontman of Marillion, the progressive rock legends that he joined in 1989, following spells in The Europeans and How We Live. In addition to the twelve albums Marillion have released in this time he has also recorded and toured as a solo artist, under the name h. In recent years Richard Barbieri has been a core member of Porcupine Tree playing keyboards on all the band's albums since 1993 as well as releasing two solo albums, THINGS BURIED and STRANGER INSIDE. NOT THE WEAPON BUT THE HAND features appearances from Danny Thompson on double bass, Arran Ahmun (John Martyn) and Chris Maitland (ex-Porcupine Tree) on drums and Dave Gregory (XTC) on guitar, bass and string arrangements.