AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd is adding to his band ahead of his European tour in April but is still to come up with a name.
"But whatever name we come up with, it doesn't really matter, because the band is going to be f****** great," he said.
Joining Rudd is bass guitarist John Proctor, who plays bass in the UK's Dirty Strangers and has played with Keith Richards' best mate. Joining Rudd as guitarist is Tauranga musician Mike "Mutt" Furness.
Proctor will join Rudd and the boys in Tauranga in January to rehearse with the band which also includes Kiwi musicians Allan Badger, of Rotorua, and Auckland's Geoffrey Martin, with whom Rudd recorded his recent 11-track solo album, Head Job.
Rudd has recently released a video of the title track of the album filmed in Tauranga.