▁Jean - Mich el ▁Bas qui at , ▁Keith ▁Har ing , ▁John ▁Sex ▁and ▁Ken ny ▁Sch arf . ▁He ▁also ▁appeared ▁on ▁Manh attan ▁C able ' s ▁TV ▁Party . ▁David ▁B owie ▁heard ▁about ▁Nom i ' s ▁performances ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁and ▁soon ▁met ▁him ▁and ▁A rias ▁at ▁the ▁M ud d ▁Club . ▁B owie ▁h ired ▁them ▁as ▁perform ers ▁and ▁backup ▁sing ers ▁for ▁his ▁appearance ▁on ▁Saturday ▁Night ▁Live ▁on ▁December ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 1 9 7 9 . ▁The ▁band ▁performed ▁" TV C ▁ 1 5 ", ▁" The ▁Man ▁Who ▁Sold ▁the ▁World ", ▁and ▁" Bo ys ▁Keep ▁Sw ing ing ". ▁During ▁the ▁performance ▁of ▁" TV C ▁ 1 5 ", ▁Nom i ▁and ▁A rias ▁drag ged ▁around ▁a ▁large ▁prop ▁p ink ▁po od le ▁with ▁a ▁television ▁screen ▁in ▁its ▁mouth . ▁Nom i ▁was ▁so ▁im pressed ▁with ▁the ▁pl astic ▁quasi - t ux edo ▁suit ▁that ▁B owie ▁wore ▁during ▁" The ▁Man ▁Who ▁Sold ▁the ▁World " ▁that ▁he ▁commission ed ▁one ▁for ▁himself . ▁He ▁wore ▁the ▁suit ▁on ▁the ▁cover ▁of ▁his ▁self - t itled ▁album , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁during ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁his ▁music ▁videos . ▁Nom i ▁wore ▁his ▁variant ▁of ▁the ▁out fit , ▁in ▁mon och rom atic ▁black - and - white ▁with ▁span dex ▁and ▁make up ▁to ▁match , ▁until ▁the ▁last ▁few ▁months ▁of ▁his ▁life