Blue Tiger was formed as Masquerade in 1987. The side project of Vince Ciampi and Arthur Dauwer. Together with the first bassist Pat Moynihan, they soon Created the band Blue Tiger with Mike Maguire on Drums. They backed up Major bands of the era such as The Extreme, Kix, Mass and Headlined every Major Club in the New England Area. Replacing Pat with Sean Ciasiera, the band went on to back up Warrent and continued till 91, when they broke up and went their separate ways.