By making it three wins on the bounce to move into the play-off zone with an away win over bottom placed Ebbsfleet United, Torquay United took their league points haul under Gary Johnson to over one hundred.
Jake Andrews opened the scoring for the Gulls with his fourth goal of the season before Jamie Reid doubled their advantage with his 10th of the campaign - which is the same as his combined goal scoring hauls of the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons.
Josh Umerah then reduced Fleet's deficit to a single goal with an effort on 35 minutes, but United's two-goal cushion was restored in the 47th minute when Matt Buse followed up his first goal for the club against AFC Fylde with his second goal in as many games.
Liam Davis then added a fourth on 54 minutes with what was only his second goal for the club - before Umerah headed home a Myles Weston cross to pull one back for Fleet. Frank Vincent then appeared to have added a fifth for the Gulls on 87 minutes, which hit the bar and bounced down - but the match officials adjudged that the ball had not crossed the line.
The win moves the Gulls up to sixth place in the table with 25 points, which combined with the 76 that they won in National League South, following Johnson's appointment in September 2018, takes the total number that they have won under his tenure to 101.
