AOTNZ tour New Plymouth

Sensational night at the TSB Theatre in New Plymouth. Good crowd of about 250

who were In The Mood. A few sound problems....we have a dodgy lead but they all

look the same so it's been hard to isolate. Al, the sound guy, kept it out for

us at the end so we might buy a couple of new ones in Napier tomorrow. Our good

buddy Dave Nepia came to the gig - a very accomplished local guitarist who sat

in with us once or twice when we used to come up here to play at Crawdaddy's.

Terry cooked us roast lamb in the motel beforehand and James went for a long

walk along the famous new Coastal Walkway, struck up a conversation with a

female fellow walker who, it turns out, works as a lady of the night. He now

claims to be a lot more knowledgeable about the sex industry than he was. As I

said back on the 11th, touring can be very educational.

Off to Hastings today - should take about 6 hours.

Andrew