Mac nor iPhone can 'see' my Airport Express, but Wifi/internet is working

Totally frustrating. I'm running Yosemite and iOS 8.0.2. Airport Utility on my Mac (rMBP & 13" MBA) never finds the airport express. My iOS app finds it, then says that it's not part of the network anymore. Crazy because my internet/WiFi go directly through it and there are no interruptions. Any ideas? This is seriously dumb.
No, I haven't tried resetting my Airport Express since upgrading to iOS8 or Yosemite as every time I do it takes forever to start working again -> won't acquire an IP address for hours...
TIA

Tried that, no luck. Utility is just searching. I can 'see' the router & attached disk fine in the finder though + internet is working just fine. Sometimes, it does have issues connecting to it in the finder window.
This is what I see in the utility. At this snapshot, it's been sitting there for 5mins:
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I am sorry - i only searched for Apple Airportutility and Mavericks to post the Link :-)
Did you already tried
- to delete your Wifi from the list of known Wifi's from your MacBook/System Prefs/Network/AirPort/Option/
- or maybe delete and reinstall the AirPort Service from your MacBook/System Prefs/Network
Cheers
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