When the train comes along (Reverend Garry Davis) LP 3246 - 3247)

Borich 'n' Tilders  The Blues Had A Baby (Vinyl, Eureka/RCA Records, 1980) ****  

Reverend Gary Davis   Children Of Zion (Vinyl, Heritage Records, 1985) ****  

Genre: NZ Music, blues

Places I remember: Little Red Bookshop

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Something To Work On (Borich 'n' Tilders)

Gear costume: Bad Books (Borich 'n' Tilders) (YouTube)

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5

Active compensatory factors: I came across these two blues albums recently in the Little Red Bookshop while waiting for my brother to arrive for a catch up.

Kevin Borich is joined by Dutch Tilders in Borich 'n' Tilders. They both play guitar and Dutch handles the lead vocals. They play some cool electric blues on this set - think George Thorogood and The Destroyers style.

I've been after the Rev Gary Davis at Newport album for a long time and was thrilled to find Children Of Zion - a live recording from 1971. It's not super rare or anything, it's just an excellent set from the master. His singing and acoustic guitar work is earthy and real.

Where do they all belong? Two ends of the blues spectrum - NZ electric guitarist Borich and the venerable Reverend Gary Davis.