Playing alongside Eric is not a new experience for guitarist Andy, who has been with Eric since 1992, joined his band for their recent concert tour of Japan in 1997; and contributed to Eric's 1992 acoustic album Unplugged. Among other greats that Andy, a founder member of 1960s band Amen Corner, has worked with are George Harrison and Van Morrison. More recently he played on the new Linda Ronstadt album and, after being asked to appear with the Big Town Playboys, ended up doing dates with them for 18 months. The results of their on-stage collaboration appear on the band's album Off The Clock - Live, released in May 1998 on Eagle Rock Records.

Andy has released his own albums in the past including Spider Jiving '74 and Be Bop 'N' Holla '76. The list of musicans he has worked with is endless, just to name a few - Pete Townsend, Paul Young, Paul Carrack, Leo Sayer, David Crosby, Roger Waters, Jeff Lynne, Joe Satriani, Stevie Nicks, Gary Booker, David Gilmour, Steve Winwood, Jeff Beck, Bill Wyman, Procol Harum.

One of the world's leading bass guitarist, Nathan has recorded, performed and written songs with many fine artist, including Eric, Elton John, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Quincy Jones and Sting. With Phil Collins and Philip Bailey, he co-wrote the chart-topping song "Easy Lover".

Nathan has appeared on hundreds of albums and in numerous Grammy-award winning performances including Eric's MTV Unplugged and his 1997 Song of the Year "Change The World". He was also co-founder of the group Fourplay (signed to Warner Bros), with Bob James (piano), Lee Ritenour (guitar) and Harvey Mason (drums), whose Grammy-nominated albums have earned Gold status and continue to top Billboard's Contemporary Jazz charts. His outstanding contribution to popular music has been recognized with distinctions that include Britain's Ivor Novello Award, ASCAP Awards for songwriting, NARAS Most Valuable Player for several successive years and MVP at the International Rock Awards. Recently, Nathan has developed his own Signature Series bass guitar for Yamaha.

Steve Gadd was born in Rochester, New York, April 9, 1945. Steve's Uncle, a drummer in the army, encouraged him to take drum lessons at the age of seven; by the time Steve was 11 he had sat in with Dizzy Gillespie. Studied music at Eastman College, Rochester, playing in wind ensemble and concert band, and at nights in a club with Chick Corea, Chuck Mangione, Joe Romano and Frank Pullara. After college, drafted into army and spent three years in a military band. After the army, gigged and worked with a big band in Rochester. 1972, formed a trio with Tony Levin and Mike Holmes, going to New York with it. The trio fizzled out, but Gadd began to work extensively as a studio musician. He also played with Corea's first Return to Forever. 1970's and 1980's, toured internationally, recorded with Paul Simon and with Al DiMeola's Electric Rendezvous Band. By the end of the 1970's Gadd was the most in-demand and probably the most imitated drummer in the world. In Japan transcriptions of his solos were on sale, and all the leading Japanese drummers were sounding like him. Chick Corea commented, "Every drummer wants to play like Gadd because he plays perfect . . . He has brought orchestral and compositional thinking to the drum kit while at the same time having a great imagination and a great ability to swing." Gadd's favorites are Elvin Jones, Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette, Buddy Rich, Louie Bellson, among others.

A dynamic percussionist, an innovative composer and a qualified producer, Paulinho's musical versatility is also well demonstrated on his four solo albums - 'Agora', 'Happy People', 'Sunrise' and 'Breakdown'. Though his prolific career Paulinho has been involved with some of the decade's best selling projects, including the record breaking 'Thriller', the landmark recording 'We Are The World' and the percussion dominated successes of 'All Night Long' and 'La Isla Bonita'.

However, not only has Da Costa made a profound impact within the record industry, his talents are proudly recognized in both film and television. His credits range from the Oscar-nominated motion picture 'The Colour Purple' to box office hits like 'Saturday Night Fever', 'The Wiz', 'Footloose' and 'Coming To America'.

In recognition of his incredible talent, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presented Paulinho with its "Most Valuable Player Award" for three consecutive years and the honorary "Musicians Emeritus Award." His skills have provoked the Los Angeles Times to describe him "a virtuoso on percussion" and Downbeat Magazine to label him "one of the most talented percussionists of our time."

David Sancious' first exposure to the music industry came about as an original member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.

Since that time he has performed in a variety of settings. On keyboards and guitars, and as composer and producer, he has recorded and toured with some of the most notable talent in the music industry: Bruce Springsteen, Santana, Peter Gabriel, Sting, Natalie Merchant and Yousou Ndour.