Let A be a complex unital Banach algebra with unit 1. AnHere d(z, σ(a)) denotes the distance between z and the spectrum σ(a) of a. Some examples of such elements are given and also some properties are proved. It is shown that a G 1 -class element is a scalar multiple of the unit 1 if and only if its spectrum is a singleton set consisting of that scalar. It is proved that if T is a G 1 class operator on a Banach space X, then every isolated point of σ(T ) is an eigenvalue of T . If, in addition, σ(T ) is finite, then X is a direct sum of eigenspaces of T .2010 Mathematics Subject Classification. 46B99, 47A05.