I te mutunga o te tau 1964, i whakatata atu a Page mo te whai waahi ki te whakakapi i a Eric Clapton i roto i nga Yardbirds, engari i paopao ia mo te pono ki tana hoa. I te Hui-tanguru 1965, ka wehe a Clapton i nga Yardbirds, ka tukuna a Page ki tana waahi, engari kaore ia e hiahia ki te whakarere i tana mahi whai hua hei kaiwaiata huihuinga me te awangawanga mo tona hauora i raro i nga tikanga haerenga, i whakaaro ia ki tana hoa a Jeff Beck. I te 16 o Mei 1966, ko Keith Moon, te kaiwaiata bass John Paul Jones, te kaiwaiata papapātuhi a Nicky Hopkins, Beck me Page i tuhi i te "Beck's Bolero" i te IBC Studios o Ranana. I homai e te wheako he whakaaro ki te hanga i tetahi roopu nui hou e whakaatu ana i a Beck, me te kaiwaiata o The Who a John Entwle i runga i te puoro me te Moonbirds i runga i te puoro. Heoi, ko te korenga o te kounga o te kaiwaiata me nga raru kirimana i aukati i te kaupapa. I
Ko te tau 1964