Boz Boorer is a guitarist who composes music for Morrissey along with Jesse Tobias, Gustavo Manzur and Mando Lopez, previously Alain Whyte was a major writer too. He is not only famous and well known as a guitarist: Boz Boorer is a high profile, hard working artist and engineer who has scored many times in his different figures, and steadily performs live gigs in several countries with different bands, or as solo performer.

Rockabilly Guy was the first single Boorer released as a guitarist with his young, stylish and talented band The Polecats (with the other members Tim Worman, Phil Bloomberg and Chris Hawkes) in 1979. Since then he has released solo material and worked with other artists, including an album and writing songs with Adam Ant, performing live with David Bowie, a recording session with Joan Armatrading, performing with Jools Holland, Boz And The Bozmen, Ronnie Dawson, The Deltas, John’s Children, Bluberry Hellbellies, Edwyn Collins and a whole bunch more . Boz Boorer studied music and harmony to A-Level and plays several other instruments (clarinet, saxophone, bass, drums, keyboards etc ) whereas the guitar is his biggest passion. Boorer has even toured Japan with the all girl rockabilly band The Shillelagh Sisters who were supposed to reform this year at the Vegas rockabilly festival with their singer Jacquie who went on to fame in Banarama . In 1995 Boz did some live shows with Kirsty MacColl’s band as well, resulting in him producing and scoring the strings on the duet of the Lou Reed song ‘Perfect Day’ with Evan Dando. He also produced and scored the strings on the 90s duet ‘Interlude’ by Morrissey and Siouxsie Sioux, He also played on the debut album by Ours, the band that featured vocalist extrordinare Jimmy Gnecco. His solo records are an eclectic mix of all his influences from Glam to Punk and rockabilly and everywhere in between and ofter feature contributions from his wide range of musical friends.

Boorer worked as a music studio engineer and joined the Chrysalis organization in the capacity in 1984. In 1991 he joined Morrissey’s band as musical director. Boz occasionally runs his own label NV Records, and he runs Serra Vista Recording Studios, his private music studio in the quiet hills of the Algarve in Portugal.
He also runs a record store ‘Vinyl Boutique’ in Camden Town