It's weird, but when I was really into prog, I never considered Moody Blues to be part of it. Recently though I relistened to In Search of the Lost Chord and thought it was the perfect expression of prog with just the right balance between artiness and pop entertainment. I think that was it though. I always thought them too pop to be prog. I was hard core back then. If it didn't blow my mind with feats of technical prowess, then it was out.


