A new Blues band on the Nelson scene in the latter half of 2023, Rich and the Poor Boys have performed regularly at Tasman Bay Blues Club's monthly Jam nights, as well as first-time appearances at The Boathouse, the Roots Festival, a private function at Waimea Plains Lifestyle Village (see testimonials for these below), TBBC's Mid-Winter Blues Show and  International Blues Music Day.  Tragically (perhaps overstated, but still ...) we missed out on two opportunities to play at Golden Bear Brewing in Mapua in October AND November due to stormy weather and inevitable cancellations.  Standing by for a 'third time lucky' slot in the not too distant future!

Our first gig in 2024 (and it has to be said, what a fantastic venue!) was at Fairfield House on February 11th.  Our thanks to the organizers/promotions team and to an impressively large and very appreciative audience.  There's talk of another booking ...   A video featuring highlights of the gig to follow.

On Saturday 2nd March a huge crowd of fans attended Tasman Bay Blues Club's first ever BLUES AT THE POINT FESTIVAL at The Honest Lawyer in Monaco, with a Stellar line-up of 7 Bands - the very best of Tasman Bay and Top Of The South Blues (including, of course, Rich and the Poor Boys!) together for the first time. What a blast!  Photos on our Facebook page; see video below.  The audience count when we played (second band up) was just over 450 - by the end of the evening it had grown to over 1200!  Sadly this was Jace's last gig with the Band, though  it must be said playing to throngs of enthusiastic Blues fans, he went out on an all-time high!  Thanks Jace - you're a VERY hard act to follow!

Our next gig is at The Boathouse on Friday 5 April from 8 till late, with special guest 'Wozz' on drums. See Poster and our Facebook page for full details