Editing Kansas (band) (section)

===1985–1990: reformation===
[[File:SteveMorse.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|Kansas guitarist [[Steve Morse]]]]
In July 1985 the band came back together with Ehart, Williams and Walsh<ref name="Larkin"/> (who had briefly played keyboards on the road for Cheap Trick in the spring and summer of 1985 after the break up of [[Streets (band)|Streets]]), but without Livgren, Hope or Steinhardt.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography" /> The new lineup included Streets bassist [[Billy Greer]] and guitarist [[Steve Morse]] (formerly of the [[Dixie Dregs]]).<ref name="Larkin"/> The first performances of the new lineup with Morse and Greer took place during a third USO 1st Airborne Rock and Roll Division tour that toured US military bases in the US, Japan, Okinawa, the Philippines, [[Singapore]], [[Iceland]] and most of Europe during the late summer through early October 1986.

The re-formed band released ''[[Power (Kansas album)|Power]]'' on October 28, 1986.<ref name="Larkin"/> The first single, "[[All I Wanted (Kansas song)|All I Wanted]]", became the last Kansas single to hit the ''Billboard'' Top 40 chart, reaching #19.  It made the Top 10 on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks and received considerable airplay on MTV. Two more singles, the title track and "Can't Cry Anymore", were less successful, "Power" hitting the lower end of the Hot 100 and getting substantial play and charting on the Rock Charts, but "Can't Cry Anymore" receiving little airplay despite a clever music video.  The album sold approximately 400,000 copies.

The band added Baton Rouge native Greg Robert on keyboards and back-up vocals at the suggestion of LeRoux's Leon Medica. Greg played his first show with Kansas on January 31, 1987, along with [[38 Special (band)|38 Special]], at [[Roberto Clemente Coliseum]] in [[Puerto Rico]].

The new lineup released a second album, ''[[In the Spirit of Things]]'', in October 1988. The concept album and subsequent tour were popular with the fan base but did not receive widespread airplay beyond the "Stand Beside Me" video on MTV. Morse temporarily left the band at the end of a tour of Germany in April 1989.

On September 15, 1990, Walsh, Williams and Ehart played a charity event at the Saddlerock Ranch in [[Malibu, California]], alongside [[Saga (band)|Saga]], [[Lou Gramm]] (of [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]]), [[Mr. Big (American band)|Mr. Big]], [[Eddie Money]], [[Kevin Cronin]] (from [[REO Speedwagon]]) and others. [[Alex Lifeson]] joined them on stage for a short set of Kansas before [[Geddy Lee]] flew in to join Alex for a [[Rush (band)|Rush]] set, with Ehart on drums subbing for [[Neil Peart]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjof4u3R1Co| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211108/wjof4u3R1Co| archive-date=November 8, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Kansas - Live - 1990 - Carry On Wayward Son w/ Alex Lifeson(Malibu,California)|date=September 26, 2009|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In November 1990 a German promoter arranged to reunite all the original members of Kansas (except for Steinhardt) for a European tour. Greer joined them, along with keyboardist Greg Robert. At the end of the tour, Hope left again, but Livgren remained on into 1991.