Making a radial gradient fill follow the shape of a path

I have created an elaborate path. I now want to radial gradient fill the background but I want it fill in such a way that the gradient is shaped like the path, e.g. if I had a star or car shaped path, the radial gradient isn't round but shaped like a star or a car.
I want to get the effect of a shape glowing but in a gradient of different colours as opposed to just one.

Chuck, I had to dig into the darkest depths of my old memory for this, but I had a feeling it was there somewhere. The black stroke on the outside is on another layer, because I _had_ to harden up the outline!

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