the Big Kahuna in 1995. A studio album was released in 1998, Heart Starter, with Lucius Borich of Cog on drums and Ben Rosen on bass guitar touring to promote it. At the Gimme Ted benefit concert on 10 March 2001 Borich performed three songs. Over the 15 years since, he has continued to perform the Australian tour circuit and festivals with various line-ups, and released albums Nomad and Borich X Borich, recorded live at Circular Quay's The Basement. His latest studio album is Totem. Borich won the Heritage Award at the 1999 Australian Blues Music Festival and was inducted into the Australian Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 2003. Cultural influences Australian band TISM, on their 1990 album Hot Dogma, have tracks called "Kevin Borich Expressionism" Parts 1, 2 and 4. On the Collected Recordings 1986-1993 Box Set there is a track called "Kevin Borich Expressionism". Private life Borich has been married twice and has six children, the youngest three with his second wife Melissa Borich. He was diagnosed with Nasopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma in May 2005 and undertook radiation and chemotherapies. The treatments resulted in the loss of his salivary glands and some hearing. Discography Albums References External links Kevin Borich official website Kevin Borich YouTube channel Kevin Borich on Facebook La De Das 1948 births Living people Australian blues guitarists Australian male guitarists Australian male singers Australian people of Croatian descent Australian people of New Zealand descent New Zealand musicians New Zealand people of Croatian descent The Party Boys members People educated at Rutherford College, Auckland