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Four that comprised the original Genesis lineup – Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel, Mike Rutherford and Anthony Phillips – it’s Phillips’ lot that seems to be the most enjoyable as the years pass. There’s certainly little question about just how prolific the guitarist has been, and as the only one of the four not to have had a No.1 single in the US, Phillips has been truly unencumbered by expectation, with a lucrative parallel career creating music for adverts and soundtracks – not to mention some residual royalties from The Knife – enabling his cottage industry to continue.