A watan Fabrairun 1965, Clapton ya bar Yardbirds kuma an ba Page damar zama a wurinsa, amma ba ya son barin aikinsa mai ban sha'awa a matsayin mawaƙin zaman kuma ya damu game da lafiyarsa a ƙarƙashin yanayin yawon shakatawa, ya ba da shawarar abokinsa Jeff Beck. A ranar 16 ga Mayu, 1966, drummer Keith Moon, bassist John Paul Jones, keyboardist Nicky Hopkins, Beck da Page sun rubuta "Beck's Bolero" a London's IBC Studios. Kwarewar ta ba Page ra'ayin kafa sabon rukuni tare da Beck, tare da John Entwle na The Who a kan bassist da Moon a kan drums. Koyaya, rashin ingantaccen mawaƙa da matsalolin kwangila sun hana aikin daga samun nasara. A wannan lokacin, Moon ya ba da shawarar cewa za a yi wa ƙungiyar lakabi da sunan "Lead?
Rashin ƙwararrun mawaƙa da matsalolin kwangila