diff --git a/beacon_node/network/src/beacon_processor/worker/gossip_methods.rs b/beacon_node/network/src/beacon_processor/worker/gossip_methods.rs
index 19d82c449..f9d942fb9 100644
--- a/beacon_node/network/src/beacon_processor/worker/gossip_methods.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/network/src/beacon_processor/worker/gossip_methods.rs
@@ -716,6 +716,10 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> Worker<T> {
             &metrics::BEACON_BLOCK_GOSSIP_SLOT_START_DELAY_TIME,
             block_delay,
         );
+        metrics::set_gauge(
+            &metrics::BEACON_BLOCK_LAST_DELAY,
+            block_delay.as_millis() as i64,
+        );
 
         let verification_result = self
             .chain
diff --git a/beacon_node/network/src/metrics.rs b/beacon_node/network/src/metrics.rs
index 7544a71d7..4194e0698 100644
--- a/beacon_node/network/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/network/src/metrics.rs
@@ -357,10 +357,18 @@ lazy_static! {
     pub static ref BEACON_BLOCK_GOSSIP_SLOT_START_DELAY_TIME: Result<Histogram> = try_create_histogram_with_buckets(
         "beacon_block_gossip_slot_start_delay_time",
         "Duration between when the block is received and the start of the slot it belongs to.",
+        // Create a custom bucket list for greater granularity in block delay
+        Ok(vec![0.1, 0.2, 0.3,0.4,0.5,0.75,1.0,1.25,1.5,1.75,2.0,2.5,3.0,3.5,4.0,5.0,6.0,7.0,8.0,9.0,10.0,15.0,20.0])
+        // NOTE: Previous values, which we may want to switch back to.
         // [0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50]
-        decimal_buckets(-1,2)
+        //decimal_buckets(-1,2)
 
     );
+    pub static ref BEACON_BLOCK_LAST_DELAY: Result<IntGauge> = try_create_int_gauge(
+        "beacon_block_last_delay",
+        "Keeps track of the last block's delay from the start of the slot"
+    );
+
     pub static ref BEACON_BLOCK_GOSSIP_ARRIVED_LATE_TOTAL: Result<IntCounter> = try_create_int_counter(
         "beacon_block_gossip_arrived_late_total",
         "Count of times when a gossip block arrived from the network later than the attestation deadline.",