2012- 2014 Sees the return of Brian Bethell to NBZ on Bass Guitar. Universal Records re-release Live at the Marquee, Don’t Point your Finger and Third Degree Special Editions with Bonus Tracks on CD. The Band also tour the UK with the Stranglers.

2015 Original Drummer Mickey Burkey re-joins the band to make it the classic line up with Mark, Dennis and Brian who last played together on the BBC’s Young Ones and go on tour to promote the A&M years back catalogue. The Band also tour this year with From the Jam.
Mark and Dennis release their first work as a DUO, with an album release in April. As well as playing unplugged versions of NBZ material, the DUO cover songs by Blues legends such as Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Jimmy Reed, Slim Harpo and Leadbelly.

2016 Bassist Ben Willis joins the band with Brian Bethell stepping aside. The band return to Glenn Tilbrook’s 45 RPM the Studio to record their own versions of rare blues and soul tracks with the help of Johnny Chandler at Universal. The album is titled ‘13 Shades of Blue’. The four piece is augmented on these tracks by the addition of a Horn section, Keyboards and Charlie Austen on Vocals, to create an exciting new NBZ BIG BAND, with live performances on the BBC. The highlight is being asked to play Glastonbury where they make their live debut on the Acoustic Stage.

2017 The Big Band set off to promote ‘13 Shades of Blue’ and tour with former stable mates at A&M, Squeeze. NBZ are Special Guests on a 30-theatre date UK Tour.

2018 Sees the band start a new project and line up. Dennis’ son Sonny Greaves joins the band on drums. They scale back to a four piece with Ben, Mark, Dennis and Sonny touring with Bruce Foxton’s From The Jam and again festivals all around Europe.

2019 Another project! This time Charlie Austen comes back on Vocals and Tom Monks joins on keyboards and guitar for another new NBZ Sound. They write and record an 11 track self- penned album called AVALANCHE, again recorded at 45RPM but this time mixed at Super Fly studios by Wayne Proctor. Artwork is provided by local artist Peter Tingy. Released in September of this year AVALANCHE is received well by both critics and fans.

2020 NBZ start the year with a successful tour of Italy and then embark on a UK tour to promote AVALANCHE. After 2 concerts the World is hit by the pandemic and the band come off the road.

2021 On August 5th the band play Wickham Festival, their first show for nearly 18 months. They then pick up the baton and hit the road for 32 shows to promote the 40th anniversary of Don’t Point Your Finger. It is an emotional tour for both fans and band due to the uncertainty caused by COVID 19.

2022 After appearances at the January Blues Festival the band embark on a tour of Sweden, Germany and Austria in Feb/March

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