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, Fairfield House, the Roots Festival, TBBC's Mid-Winter Blues Show, and International Blues Music Day.

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 -  the audience count by the end of the evening was 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! 

Angai's first gig with the Band was on Sunday 30th June at The Wakefield Hotel.  We played to a great audience - and thumbs-up to Dave Peek, visiting from Golden Bay, who sent us the following message "Thank you guys for an awesome evening, I really loved the line up and the band’s vibe.  Blues, how it should be played".    

On Sunday 20 October from midday till 5pm we're one of 10 bands supporting the SPCA at Musos for Mammals, at The Playhouse, Mapua.  Then in November we're back at The Wakefield Hotel for 2 gigs, on the 10th and 18th - details on our Poster.

Sunday 1st December sees our return to our favourite venue - Fairfield House - then, early in the New Year (and still celebrating!) on 10th January, at The Boathouse.