Russell Penn's fourth goal of the season and a first-ever goal in Kidderminster colours for Paul Bignot sealed a fantastic 2-0 win for Harriers as they ended Burton Albion's 15-game unbeaten run.
It was something of a different Harriers' side that truly dominated arguably one of the division's best sides on their own patch. Jonny Harkness had to make do with a place on the bench with Michael McGrath getting a start after his performance last weekend, Michael Blackwood slotted in at left-back and looked comfortable and assured.
Harriers almost had a dream start when with just two minutes Brian Smikle found himself one on one with Kevin Poole after good work from Justin Richards but, with the chance presenting itself very quickly, the winger could only scuff his effort.
Burton's Jake Edwards kept Chris MacKenzie in the visiting goal alert with a header with 17 minutes gone, but the goalkeeper's handling was impeccable all afternoon long - crucial against a side with such strong aerial ability.
Two minutes later the deadlock was broken with a fantastic move. Richard's won a header well just outside the area, the ball falling to Smikle to slipped a fine through-ball into the path of PENN, who fired a fantastic diagonal finish past Poole and into the corner of the net.
Either side of the half-hour mark it was Richards again causing Bruton the biggest problems. Smikle's good ball allowed him to turn and shoot on the edge of the area; an effort held well by Poole. Just after, he managed to fire a great ball in the area that beat Poole all ends up, but with no one on the end of it the danger was allowed to roll across the face of goal.
Blackwood's endeavour almost got Harriers' a second goal 11 minutes before the interval. He ran well down the flank before getting to the by-line and hitting a low cross that Penn latched onto, firing just wide.
Hardly content to sit on a one-goal lead, Harriers came out of the blocks quickly and Penn and Smikle both had good efforts within the first five minutes of the second half.
With 55 minutes gone, the hosts will wonder how they failed to level the scores as Keith Gilroy's header in the area fell to Daryl Clare, who inexplicably fired over the bar when a goal looked certain.
Just after the hour mark, the intelligence of Smikle helped wrap-up the game. Chasing down a lost cause, the former West Brom youngster stole the ball from a hesitant Aaron Webster and, spotting BIGNOT being given the freedom to run into the area, played a neat ball to the feet of the full-back who finished well from close-range, wheeling away to celebrate with the amassed Harriers' fans.
The sour point of the day came on 69 minutes when Harriers were reduced to ten men. Rushing to close down the ball in his own half, midfielder Dean Bennett lunged in at pace on John Brayford. The on-loan man looked immediately remorseful and for what it's worth the tackle did seem reckless rather than wholly intentional, but there could be few complains with Bennett getting his marching orders.
The classification of the red card in the referee's report due on Monday will be crucial - it looks as if Bennett will serve a three-game ban which, if confirmed, will all but end his second spell at the club with his loan spell up at the end of November.
When many legs began to tire late on, those of Smikle didn't seem to and in the last 20 minutes he had two further good chances, firstly when he capped a great Penn run with a good curling shot that Poole got down well too, and then latterly, chasing down Iyseden Christie's flick-on at high-speed, firing goalwards to force another save.
