Genre: Blues

The fact that B'z is the biggest rock act of Japan and the whole Asia is well evidenced by their induction into the Hollywood Rock Walk -- they are the only band from their continent to get this honor. But even if that's not enough, there's the status of duo's guitarist, Tak Matsumoto as a Gibson Signature Artist (along with the likes of B.B. King and Ace Frehley), and then, the record sales speak for themselves -- the band sold more than 75 million records in their native country, and none of their stylistic wanderings, in which they indulged a lot, going from dance rock to hard rock to blues to J-pop and back, have been able to diminish their popularity. B'z was started in 1988 by guitarist Tak (Takahiro) Matsumoto, who played as a session musician for popular bands TM Network and Mari Hamada and released a solo album Thousand Wave, well-received by critics. Matsumoto decided to pass the vocal duties to someone else and, by means of a newspaper ad, robbed the Japanese educati.. [See more]