Kevin Borich Express

Kevin Borich Express is an Australian rock band formed in 1976 by the New Zealand born Kevin Borich. After the demise of New Zealand's very successful band The La De Das Kevin Borich moved to Australia and formed the group Kevin Borich Express that featured Harry Brus on bass guitar (ex-Blackfeather) and Barry Harvey on drums (Wild Cherries, Chain) and they recorded a track "The End of Me" before the line-up changed and Reuben San Fiansco took up bass guitar and Gil Matthews replaced Harvey on drums. Subsequent line-ups were typically a three piece with a succession of bass guitarist and drummers. They released their debut single, "Goin' Somewhere" in October using Fiansco, and John Annas on drums and followed this up recording and releasing the bands debut album, Celebration! in 1977 replacing the bass part with riff master Tim Partridge (Mighty Kong, The Johnny Rocco Band). The album was critically acclaimed by the media and peaked in the top 30 on the.

In early 1977, Kevin Borich Express supported UK rock guitarist, Jeff Beck and later that year released second album Lonely One. This was followed in October with a Rockarena tour supporting Fleetwood Mac, Carlos Santana and Little River Band. Kevin Borich was invited by name to perform with Carlos Santana twice, a fantastic earn of respect for a then youthful Borich. Kevin Borich Express earned a support tour to the USA with Australian heavy rockers, AC/DC, The Express featured John Annas, Paul Christie Mondo Rock Tim Shafer with this line-up recording the album, No Turning Back which was released in March 1979 and featured the hit title track of the same name. No Turning Back first charted on March 19, 1979, peaked at 48th position in Australia and stayed in the charts for 9 weeks.

Tim Partridge and John Annas returned after Christie and Shafer moved on to other projects and together with Borich recorded another album Live! recorded by Australian broadcaster DoubleJJ which had recently acquired new mobile studio equipment and recorded two live performances in Melbourne Victoria and Wollongong New South Wales.

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