Call it soulful dream pop, proto-trip hop, or downtempo jazz - Tender Rain is the follow-up to the successful "This Is" album and continues to reveal Ghia's distinctive sonic world. The album brings together previously unreleased vocal tracks and instrumentals, all shaped by the band's trademark chilled and almost meditative atmosphere. Most of the recordings date from the early 1990s, while early demo versions of "New Love" and "Teardrops in Your Eyes" may reach back to the late 1980s.

The album opens with the title track "Tender Rain," a blend of smooth vocal jazz harmonies and soulful pop. Originally released only on CD in 1993 on the Mikado label run by guitarist Ulli Bögershausen, the track was first created using MIDI equipment and a Tascam 16-track recorder before being completed in the studio with drummer Mickie Stickdorn, percussionist Corinna Ludzuweit, and Lisa Ohm's remarkable vocals.

During the same period, several atmospheric instrumentals were recorded, including "Tropfstein" and "Und recken ihre schlanken Glieder," which appeared on a rare Mikado sampler under the alias z. Zt. ("zur Zeit"). Additional previously unreleased pieces such as "Auf unserm grünen Sofa," "Reise bei Nacht," and "Was ich Dir noch sagen wollte" capture the band's downtempo style with jazzy piano lines and touches of ambient and new age aesthetics.

Together with vocal tracks like "Teardrops in Your Eyes," "New Love," and the Dark Spirits Mix of "What's Your Voodoo?", Tender Rain highlights Lisa Ohm's clear and expressive voice while showcasing a sound that, in many ways, anticipated the rise of trip-hop in the early 1990s.

More than thirty years after their creation, these recordings still sound remarkably fresh. Following "This Is" and "Curacao Blue", "Tender Rain" adds another chapter to the rediscovery of Ghia's work.

The album is released on vinyl and digitally. The digital edition includes the bonus tracks "Wooden Floor" and the instrumental "Tropfstein".