In 1987, Holmes asked Scarborough to join Falcon Studios as a director, where he was credited for positioning the company at the top of the gay video market. At the time Scarborough owned a well-known health food store in San Francisco's Castro district where he employed, among others, adult video legends Eddie Marks and Kristen Bjorn.
Steven Scarborough's introduction to the world of adult film-making came through his social contacts with Chuck Holmes, John Summers and Matt Sterling - all luminaries that would go on to create the gay video industry as we know it today.