In high school and college I waited, with great anticipation, for each new Moody Blues album. It would be hard to single out a favorite Ray Thomas tune. When Ray stopped touring with the MB, they were never the same again.
i would disagree about the band not being the same when he stopped touring- have seen them at least ten times without Thomas (most recently last April) and they’ve been spectacular...then again they don’t do any Ray songs...
funny, i was the same in HS- waited anxiously for Octave then stayed up all night when they used to play new albums in their entirety at midnight on 95.1 in Connecticut when Long Distance Voyager was released..