I was pleasantly surprised when I restored using a thumb drive I made from InstallESD.dmg downloaded from Apple for my MBA. The version I restored to was 10.7.2 and I'm really pleased the restore version isn't higher. All my data/apps are still loaded up and my display is working again at 90 degrees. Woohoo!!
Backups are fully automated now
I will update again to 10.7.3 when this issue has been resolved.