In December 1990 Blowzabella disbanded (or so we thought). I remember attending a gig on their farewell tour and asking Paul James why they were quitting. He put a friendly arm around my shoulder and led me to the window. Pointing at the van outside he said "I've spent too much time in that @#&*ing thing!".
The band members stayed in touch and would sometimes play together in twos and threes, while also moving on to do their own musical projects. In 1995, Ian Luff persuaded Jon, Andy, Nigel and Dave to play a gig in Bath and from 1996 onwards they played a few gigs each year as Blowzabella and wrote some new tunes.
In 2002 Paul James contacted everyone with the idea of marking the 25th anniversary of the band in 2003 and the line-up of Andy Cutting, Nigel Eaton, Jo Freya, Paul James, Ian Luff, Dave Shepherd, Jon Swayne played some memorable gigs including a huge, hot and atmospheric performance at St. Chartier Festival in central France in July 2003. The band had a lot of new material and enthusiasm and decided to carry on, although Nigel Eaton stepped down at the end of 2004 and was replaced by Gregory Jolivet and Ian Luff left at the end of 2005 to be replaced by Barnaby Stradling.
The current line up is Andy Cutting (diatonic button accordion), Jo Freya (clarinet, saxophones), Paul James (bagpipes, saxophones) Gregory Jolivet (hurdy-gurdy) David Shepherd (violins), Barn Stradling (bass guitar) and Jon Swayne (bagpipes, saxophones) and their July 2007 release of Octomento marks their welcome return to the studio with some of the new material referred to above.

Track List:-
1) Oliver's / Two Beers
2) De Montfort / Magloofou
3) The Origins Of The World
4) New Pneus
5) Tanteeka / Round The Corner
6) L'Ange
7) Black Lake / The Duck
8) One For Sorrow
9) Ham Street
10) Le Gallant Indiscret
11) Jackie Tar
12) The New Road to Alston / Lottie's
13) To The Edges / Robin's
14) Hostilite