He also honored his late brother Bob Kulick with a scorching take on “Larger Than Life.” The elder Kulick, who died in 2020, secretly played lead guitar in place of Frehley on Alive II ‘s studio side.

The ’80s might have been alright for Kiss, but a problematic era was ahead in the early ’90s, as drummer Eric Carr died of heart cancer in 1991. Meanwhile, music was changing; hair metal was out, ...