Starting off in the late 70's playing acoustic guitar and singing a mix of popular folky stuff and self penned creations with his great friend 'Keef' Johnson also on guitar Tobe was a founder member and the main driving force behind the Blue Grid, which had great success in the early 80's. Moving on and creating the rather eclectic 'Antony Pig' in '85 and then coming to Kent in '88 and quickly assembling The Thieves, all the time developing his voice, his guitar playing and his songwriting, Tobe has come a long way. The Thieves disbanded in '98 and in '99 he joined the newly formed 'Cell Block 9' - just for one gig initially. 3 years later he found himself the band leader and that's when it took off. After 12 years and 25 members CBL9 has been gently put to sleep and out of the ashes has come Māchine playing old school R&B in the style of Dr Feelgood and a number of impressive originals. Covid has removed a couple of years from the bands gig history but things are improving now.