In July 1979, he left the band permanently to focus on his solo career, again wi

th help from Phil Lynott. The combination of Moore's blues-based guitar and Lyno
tt's voice produced "Parisienne Walkways", which reached the Top Ten in the UK S
ingles Chart in April 1979 and the Thin Lizzy album Black Rose: A Rock Legend wh
ich reached number two in the UK album chart. Moore appears in the videos for "W
aiting for an Alibi" and "Do Anything You Want To".
Moore performing at the Manchester Apollo, 1985
He experimented with many musical genres, including rock, jazz, blues, country,
electric blues, hard rock, and heavy metal.[5]
In 1987, he performed a guitar solo for a cover of the Beatles' "Let It Be" whic
h was released under the group-name of Ferry Aid. The record raised substantial
funds for the survivors of the MS Herald of Free Enterprise disaster. In 1990, h
e played the lead guitar solo on "She's My Baby" from Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3.
Moore performing, 23 October 2010
After a series of rock records, Moore returned to blues music with Still Got the
Blues (1990), with contributions from Albert King, Albert Collins, and George H
arrison. The album was well received by fans and was certified Gold in the U.S.
He stayed with the blues format until 1997 when he returned to the harder rock,
but with a softer, more pop and ballad-oriented sound on Dark Days in Paradise f
ollowed with another change of direction in 1999, when he decided to experiment
with modern dance beats on A Different Beat; this left many fans, as well as the
music press, confused. He also contributed guitar sections to Richard Blackwood
's 2000 album, You'll Love to Hate This.
With Back to the Blues, Moore returned to his tried and tested blues format in 2
001: he continued with this style on Power of the Blues (2004), Old New Ballads
Blues (2006), Close As You Get (2007), and Bad For You Baby (2008).
In January 2005, Moore joined the One World Project, which recorded a song for t
he 2004 Asian Tsunami relief effort. The group featured Russell Watson, Boy Geor
ge, Steve Winwood, Barry Gibb, Brian Wilson, Cliff Richard, Dewey Bunnell, Gerry
Beckley, and Robin Gibb on vocals (in their order of appearance), and featured
a guitar solo by Moore. The song, entitled Grief Never Grows Old, was released i
n February 2005, reaching No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart.[6]
He also took part in a comedy skit entitled "The Easy Guitar Book Sketch" with c
omedian Rowland Rivron and fellow musicians Mark Knopfler, Lemmy from Motrhead, M
ark King from Level 42, and David Gilmour.[citation needed]
Other collaborations included a broad range of artists including Trilok Gurtu, D
r. Strangely Strange, Jimmy Nail, Mo Foster, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, Jim Capal
di, B.B. King, Vicki Brown, Cozy Powell, Rod Argent, the Beach Boys, Paul Rodger
s, Keith Emerson, Roger Daltrey, and Otis Taylor (musician).