In 1998 Takara released it's third CD, Blind In Paradise, with Jeff Scott Soto on vocals and production and Neal M. Grusky on guitar. Blind In Paradise was originally released through Zero Corp (Japan), Point Music (Europe), and Saraya Recordings(US). With this release Takara added keyboardist Eric Ragno. Takara had been looking for quite sometime for a permanent keyboardist and Ragno seemed to be their guy for this new CD. With this release, the combination of Soto and Grusky writing was really starting to mature. With songs like "Take You Down", "Your Love Tonight" "Don't Wanna Be Alone", "Love is Gone", and "What Do You Want From Me" there certainly was no stopping Takara. The band by now had gotten a reputation of a band that always put out consistently put out great records. Hard Rock/Heavy Metal, total running time, 53:17 - Takara @ iTunes!