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Cambridge Corn Exchange. Friday 22nd September 2006

23/09/06
Hey guys, great show at the corn exchange in cambridge on fridy 22nd. Needed to say that.
COME BACK SOON!
Saul

23/09/06
Please please please come and rock Cambridge again. It was the best night out i've had in years. I loved every minute of it and can't wait to see U play again. I especially loved Black Dog, you played it better than Pagey. X
Claire T.

23/09/06
You lovely lot! You were amazing & so, so accurate, what a gig, it lifted my spirit off the ground as well as all of Cambridge! Really enjoyed it, didn't want it to finish, really want to go again which I can't say for a lot of tribute bands I have seen. Robert Luke Plant has got one of the sexiest voices I have ever heard in my life whether speaking or singing. I was the woman yelling for When The Levee Breaks. Amazing. I still cannot believe how good it was.
cheers
Claire M.


Filthys @ The Red Lion, Teddington. Friday 15th September 2006

17/09/06
Thanks for such a good night on the 15th!!!! You guys were amazing.... don't know how you made it through the heat!!!! The crowd let their hair down and danced all evening and even had energy at the end to sing Stairway to Heaven! You bring the music to life and I could really feel it in my bones!!!! Thanks for making it a memorable night!!!
Keep going....you get better and better everytime I see you.....you guys deserve to be BIG!!! The hard work will pay off!!!
Nat, Teddington xx


Halfmoon, Putney. Saturday 15th July 2006

19/07/06
Dear All,
Just wanted to let you know that the gig on Saturday was brilliant, one of the best I have been to and you all looked like you were really having a good time too.
Lots of love
Angela XXX


The Cartoon, Croydon. Saturday 17th June 2006

19/06/06
Hi there, Just wanted to say we were there and you were great as usual, It was really really loud though and what happened to your usual keyboard player (is his name steve)?
We will be there in July at Half Moon and might be wearing our T-shirts but we want to customise them a bit.
Love you all
See you soon
Angela

Steve couldn't make this gig so we had a dep (John Beck) sit in for him
Raff



The Hexagon, Reading. Saturday 22nd April 2006

30/04/06
Hi Guys
The Hexagon gig was amazing, I'm far too young to have ever seen Zeppelin live, and I now feel I've experienced the closest to that I ever will (unless I see you again of course). Memories of Whole Lotta Love and Rock and Roll especially will stay with me for a while.

I would, however, consider losing (or at least editing) the video at the begining, as I don't think many people got it, and I felt it went on a bit too long.
Nonetheless, thanks for a great evening.
James

28/04/06
Raff
Thanks for another great show at the Hexagon on 22nd - that makes 6 times in total for me now in 2 years - far more times than I ever saw the 'real' thing. Highlights for me were the Battle of Evermore - first time I think I have seen you perform it. It sounded just like the recording - which is hard even for an original artist to achieve. Presumably you were doing the soprano 'female' vocals.
Also the video is a really clever parody of The Song Remains the Same - receiving of the telegrams for the concert, the little plane in place of a large one - travelling through the Brooklyn tunnel in the limo (looked suspiciously like the Dartford Tunnel to me). I felt that some of the (younger) audience missed what it was all about.
You've put a lot of energy in the last couple of years into visuals and images to compliment your sound. Well done and wishing you every further success.
Regards, John

25/04/06
Hi,
I just wanted to write and say that Saturday night was fabulous!!! Having only first heard of Led Zeppelin after John Bonham died, I knew I'd never get to experience them live, but Saturday was wonderful!! Everything looked and sounded perfect, and to hear 'Kashmir' live was a dream come true.
I'm 6 months' pregnant, and the bump loved it as well - she now recognises 'Rock and Roll' from the past few weeks.
I thought it was brave to do Battle of Evermore as a vocal solo, and it worked, but I'm happy to offer my services as a folksy soprano, if you ever want it as a duet!!
Thanks again for a brilliant evening!
Gaylene P.
A Sandy Denny for the Battle of Evermore, yes we're up for it! -Raff

25/04/06
Hi Raff & Percy, Reading sat night
F *** Great , professional ,Perfection !!
We are still talking about it in Sleepy Abingdon on Thames
Thanks for another great night.
Terry

24/04/06
hey guys,
great gig at the hexagon, best led zepellin tribute band ever!
i was just wondering where the guitarist got his fire suit/clothes from? and what they make is? cheers
james

Dragon suit was designed by a friend of mine. -Raff

24/04/06
Gents,
Great gig at the Hexagon last Saturday, fantastic stuff all round.
I may well have missed it, but I have a feeling you chose nothing from 'In through the Outdoor', and wondered why?
see you again next time you're in Reading,
Andrew

It's still 1974 in the world of Boot-Led-Zeppelin! (or we just haven't got round to it..) -Raff

23/04/06
Just to say thanks for an awesome concert on Saturday. We REALLY enjoyed it, and the support band were excellent.
I liked the way you gave such fantastic value as well.
Brilliant. Will come and see you again.
Stuart

23/04/06
guys
what a great concert last night at Reading. i have been a rock fan for many years and seen many quality line ups, but i can say that last nights performance was up there with the best. My son is now converted.
Look forward to seeing you again when you are next in town
Regards
Colin and Sam

23/04/06
HEY YOU GUYS - YOU DID IT AGAIN!
A TOTALLY EXCELLENT EVENING WITH AN AWESOME "NO QUARTER".
KEEP ON ENTERTAINING US - WE LOVE YOU GUYS.
NICK & JAN W.

23/04/06
Hi Guys, Saw you at Reading for thre second time last night and you were simply awsome, took along a friend - we are old enough to have been original Led Zep fans in the early 70's - and my guitarist son who was really really impressed - and from him thats a real compliment. I really believed I was there again in the 70's. Ive seen a lot of bands over the years and you really do have what it takes to be seen by a much larger audience. I wish you lots of success and hope you will be back soon.
Regards
Joihn.


The Zodiac, Oxford. Saturday 25th March 2006

Review in The Oxford Times on 31/03/06

Just as the recent BBC series, 'Life on Mars' threw its protagonist back to a nostalgic vision of 1973, so the aptly-named Boot-Led-Zeppelin recreate the same bygone era with meticulous attention to detail. Not only do they sound uncannily like the Zep, they even look like they have been cloned from that most Spinal Tappish of films, 'The Song remains the Same'. The same hairstyles and colours, the same big girls' blouses.

BLZ even opened up with the same deafening clarion call as the Beeb, namely 'Immigrant Song', with Luke Ward on vocals howling and flouncing in the most plantigrade fashion imaginable. Ward's tone and vocal range are certainly the equal of the young Percy Plant and way beyond anything Plant could manage after 1974. Ward's affected Brummie accent was more Edgbaston than Dudley but he delivered his hippy patter with infectious good humour.

Some Led Zep covers, like 'Rock'n'Roll', are a doddle for any pub-rock band (I should know) but the acid test for any tribute act is the astonishing 'Since I've been loving you'. Not only do you have to match the musical virtuosity of Page and Plant at their very best (on Led Zep 3) but you must also aspire to the same level of blues improvisation and sheer soul. Ward and Raff Achour on lead guitar were more than equal to the task. If the current benchmark for Zep tributes is the American blues-rock outfit, Great White, BLZ are worthy British competitors.

But so they should be, eleven years after their first incarnation as Fred Zeppelin. That's as long as the original Zep survived before John Bonham's ability to drink 26 pints a night gave out. BLZ were note-perfect on all the classics, 'Kashmir', 'No Quarter', 'Whole Lotta Love, etc. On 'The Battle of Evermore', Ward even contrived to sing both the Plant and Sandy Denny parts better than either of the original duo. And when he said of the next one, "I think this is a song of hope", you knew what was coming.

The hardest Zeppite to clone is plainly John Paul Jones. One lookalike, with the same blond curtain, played bass with some aplomb and then another one, looking more like a young Jonathan King, started to plink away on a very woolly-sounding seventies synthesizer. As a five-piece, the band's collective work-outs sometimes sounded a little too cluttered, but there was no mistaking the enthusiasm and dexterity of the playing.

Any tribute band demands a willing suspension of disbelief. Paradoxically, the closer they are to the original, the more you wonder why you didn't stay at home and watch your Knebworth 79 DVD one more time. BLZ are the perfect doppelgangers but I enjoyed every minute of it.


Rock City, Nottingham. Saturday 18th March 2006

20/03/06
Hi guys
Wow what can I say about Saturday's performance at Rock City. You were fantastic, truly the best Zeppelin band I have ever seen ( believe me I have seen many!). We were still talking about you guys until late last night.
Right from the start when you opened up with the Immigrant Song - like being at Earls Court all over again! Truly amazing. Just wish you did more East Midlands gigs. I was right at the front all night and was blown away by your true professionalism, talent and crowd pleasing set. Many people in the crowd had never seen a Zep band before, and for those who had, we all agreed you have to be the best!! Please come back again soon.
I did wait until after you had packed your stuff away but unfortunately one of our party was at work at 5am and we had to get away. So sorry we didn't get chance to talk.
Thanks a million for a truly wonderful and memorable night.
Den X


Halfmoon, Putney. Saturday 11th March 2006

15/03/06
Hi Guys Yet another superb performance, in fact, I would say the best I have seen. As I have said before, I don't know how you do it. Can't make the Hexagon, but hope to see you at 'Rock the Med' in June,
All the best ,
Phil Weaver


The Benn Hall, Rugby. Friday 3rd March 2006

06/03/06
hi i was at the rugby gig on friday and Wow it was freakin amazing. just hopeing you could tell me when you guys will be at the benn hall again (soon i hope)
thanks alot!
Elly


The Beacon Court, Gillingham. Saturday 25th February 2006

27/02/06
A Zep-tastic groove-licious night last night! Thanks again.L ook forward to seeing you again @ Beacon this year? Gonna try and make it on the bikes to the Cartoon when you're there again,I'll keep an eye on your gigs list.
see ya soon
Cath