The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 36 Pulsing With Punch: Part Two -The North Island

We scraped ourselves off the ferry and found big Gaz at the Overseas Terminal and then resumed the tour.

As it progressed we got tighter and tighter. The Body Electric ruled in the urban areas but the Spines were the better band in the rural gigs. In Waitera I pulled out some old reggae tinged tunes and it went down pretty well with the locals.

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