Forostar, are you having a laugh? Maiden became a fucking laughing stock with Blaze as a front man. My feelings on the chap are irrelevant. The speed at which ticket sales and record sales dropped was shocking and the critics were only too happy to report on the state of affairs. Now, whether Maiden cared about what outsiders were saying is debatable but there wasn't one metal band out there who feared being on a bill with Maiden back then. Nobody would wanna go on after them now. The simple fact of the matter is, the Blaze era was a disaster and if it wasn't he'd still be in the band. Nicko is quoted as saying "if things had carried on the way it had they'd have knocked it on the head". I dunno about you but I remember all too well going into a dingy little shithole of a club which WASN'T SOLD OUT on the X Factour and wondering how long it'd take Maiden to get Bruce back. Didn't have to wait too long as it happened.
If people love Blaze so much then that's absolutely fine. Stick on the X Factor and Virtual XI and rock out, they will always be there for you
However you can't expect the band to put out a CD celebrating the success Maiden and having Blaze on it. Especially when Bruce's versions of these songs are what recent fans are more likely to have heard. Makes perfect business sense.