"Nor about the Boat Band who are unremittingly wonderful and likeable"

Thanks for that comment Diane, but it makes me feel a little cautious. You are a person justly famous for somewhat rebarbative views on various performers(or almost anything), so I feel a touch of the "timeo Danaos et dona ferentes" coming on (excuse my French). Have you ever actually heard the Boat Band? I do hope so. But I don't recall that we have had the pleasure of meeting?