When Peter Gabriel left, we obviously lost a very strong stage performer. Phil hasn't replaced him; Phil's done a different thing.

In 2009 Philip Beresford compiler of the Sunday Times Rich List estimated Rutherford's fortune at £30 million from past touring activity future touring income and the Genesis back catalogue plus other smaller company assets and accumulated earnings making him one of the 50 richest residents of Surrey. Bass/guitar playing
Rutherford's bass playing involved the bass with high treble use of a pick and a fuzz box in songs like "The Knife" and "The Return of the Giant Hogweed". For the Lamb Lies Down On Broadway and Trick of the Tail tours he incorporated a Rickenbacker 12-string hollow-body guitar and a 6-string bass custom-built by Microfrets in two different double-necks.

He is a founding member of Genesis initially as a bassist and backup vocalist. Michael John Cleote Crawford Rutherford (born 2 October 1950 in Guildford Surrey) is an English musician. He also formed Mike + The Mechanics in 1985.