Aimee & Campbell

"Without a doubt, The Relatives were one of the highlights of our wedding. They had the dance floor packed from the first dance until the very end of the night.

They played a little bit of everything – rock, country, old classics and modern stuff, and even mixed things up with a few requests from the crowd.  We had so many comments from our guests raving about our amazing band.  

We would highly recommend The Relatives to anybody looking for an incredible covers band for a function.  Steve was a pleasure to work with and made everything so easy!"

Simone & Gavin 

"Thought I would touch base and thank you again for playing at our 40th.  I have received so many compliments from our guests on how great you guys were.  The songs played definitely appealed to the audience and everyone had a superb time.  If we have any other function, I would definitely look to hire The Relatives again" 

"I don't think we could've picked a better band, I remember looking around and absolutely no one was sitting down so that is a job well done!

 

We had so many good comments about you guys and even a few enquiries into your details. Thank you so much for playing a part in making our night as fun as it was!"

"We had the most amazing night and can not thank you enough.  We felt like we were right back to the first night we met at Molly's!!!

 

Thank you again for being so nice to my little brother too.  I spoke to my dad and he said that Luke has not put those drum sticks down and now wants to play in a band!  You guys absolutely made his night.

 

Cheers and thanks again for being part of our amazing night!"

Cameron & Megan

"We would like to thank you very much for playing at our wedding, we had a great night as did all of our guests and a good part of that was down to you and the band. We have since had many complements about you guys"

Rebecca & Daniel

“Thanks Relatives for such a fantastic night! You made our wedding extra special with Simon’s outstanding acoustic performance as I walked up the aisle. People actually thought you sounded like the real thing! Your variety of music kept the dance floor filled. Awesome bunch of guys would highly recommend “The Relatives” for any function!”

Hayley & Brad

“Everyone loved you, you helped make the night what it was – amazing. The dance floor was packed all night with everyone young and old dancing and singing along. We couldn’t get our 4 year old nephew off the floor all night, he loved it dancing along to everything you played.

Your play list was perfect for everyone to enjoy and we really appreciated you learning our request and performing your rendition of John Farnham’s take the pressure down!”

Heather & Doug

“Great tunes coming from you guys! Wicked energy!”

Brendon Deere

"Just wanted to comment on what a great job you did. Brilliant selection of music and first class musicians. Couldn't have been better"

Ronald & Evelyn

"Thanks a lot for your performance at our wedding, you guys were awesome!!! We hope you enjoyed yourselves too. Everyone had such a great time, especially our friends Ben & Greg when singing/drumming
(very cool of you)"

Kirsty Drummond

“We really don’t know what to say or how else to say how thankful we are to The Relatives for playing at our wedding. You guys did such an awesome job, everyone loved you, we had so many comments about the music it was mind-blowing. You really helped to make the night what it was, we could see everyone was having such a great time. We are extremely grateful, we’re honestly blown away!”

Kirsty O’Dowd

“Taupo was NOTHING compared to you legends. Honestly, I know I just got married like a minute ago, but I want to marry each and every one of you. But I’ll just settle for having you in my life as the best entertainment a girl could ask for on her wedding day!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you, I don’t know what else to say or how else to express it. I am insanely grateful. YOU GUYS ROCK!!!!!”

 Catherine & Ian 

"We booked The Relatives for our wedding in April 2012 and couldn't have been happier with them. Blair and the guys were fantastic to deal with throughout our preparations, played a fantastic selection of music and had guests dancing throughout the night everywhere in our venue.  So many of our guests (of all ages) commented to us how much they enjoyed the music at our wedding. A particular thanks to the guys for learning a bunch of Foo Fighters songs for us (including one for our first dance!)"

Evania

 "You guys were sensational! Thanks so much! We had a fantastic day"

 Michelle & Kieran

"Just wanted to say a HUGE THANK YOU to you and the band for an amazing night at our wedding!!! Everyone loved you guys and were most impressed!!! We loved that so many people were up dancing and the feedback we got was amazing. Having great entertainment really makes a wedding and you guys nailed it so thank you!! We appreciated you learning Distant Sun for us – such a good song!"

Nikki & Paulus

"We had an amazing night that turned out just as we had planned and I would like to thank The Relatives for the massive part that they played in making it all happen. We were so impressed with the band as were our guests, the feedback from everyone was outstanding.  The main aim for us was to have everyone up on the dance floor having a good time and that was certainly achieved, I have never seen my Mum and Dad quite so into dancing (so much so that my dad ended up on the floor) very entertaining.  The song choices were excellent and the band was very good at reading the crowd and getting involved to bring everyone together. It is very obvious that you have all done this many times before, you’re all very professional, friendly and clearly passionate about what you do. Thank you for making the process so simple, the band and music was a very important part of our day and we couldn't have asked for anything more.  We will definitely be spreading the word about the Relatives"

Grant & Emma 

"Thanks so much for playing at our wedding - you really made the whole evening and got most people up on the dance floor. We loved our first dance song and it was great to hear lots of classics including Billy Idol of course. You have been great to deal with and we couldn't recommend you highly enough"

Kellie 

"You guys were excellent the other weekend. Everyone loved you! It was exactly what I wanted - lots of people dancing. Thanks again for everything"

Helen

"Everyone loved you guys and I would recommend you to anyone. It was great that people who weren't dancing could still talk to each other easily. Thanks also for letting us use the mic for speeches. You really made our night. Next time I need a band I will definitely be calling you" 

Sarah

"Just wanted to say thank you so soso much for such a great show on Saturday! We all had such a great time and you had EVERYONE up dancing! All of our guests said what a great band you are. Thanks again!"

Pete

"We had great feedback about yourselves so thank you very much.  Hopeful you'll get a few more gigs from recommendations!"

Anna & Ted

"Thanks, it was an awesome day and you guys really topped it off...you were awesome and everyone young and old really enjoyed the music"

Grace

"Thank YOU! We thought you guys were great and all our guests raved about the music too! It really kept the party going. We had such a good night!"

Lisa & Paul

"Hi we've had so many comments about how you guys really made that wedding night! You guys were incredible, will have to leave a review for you not that you guys probably need promoting! But thank you all so much!!"

Jennah

"You guys were great! We had the best time and have already referred you to a few of the guests who were very impressed. Thanks heaps for helping our special day go so well"

Ian

"Thank you so so much for performing at our wedding. You guys were absolutely fantastic. We had so many comments the next day from people saying how good you guys were, and what a great selection of songs you played. It really was the perfect way to round off the day"

Hayley & Brad

"Hi Guys, Emma and I want to thank you for the great job of performing at our wedding last night, you guys rocked! Thank you for the great sets and the energy on stage. We received a lot of positive feedback on how good you guys were from our guests and everyone was stoked with your performance.

Thank you for making the effort to learn our wedding dance song, the follow up Sweet Child Of Mine and taking requests. We were rapt with having you guys perform as you know your sht! You were all energetic on stage and the effort you put in was greatly appreciated"

Martin & Emma

"Steve was very helpful in the lead up and co-ordinating the set up and timings and you were all very flexible and understanding around us changing plans. We would happily recommend the Relatives to prospective customers. Cheers lads!"

Anon

"Everyone loved you, you helped make the night what it was- amazing. The dance floor was packed all night with everyone young and old dancing and singing along. We couldn't get our 4 year old nephew off the floor all night, he loved it dancing along to everything you played. Your play list was perfect for everyone to enjoy and we really enjoyed your rendition of John Farnham's take the pressure down"

Cat & Ian

"Thanks for being AWESOME!!!! Everyone loved you guys and commented how great you were"

Anna & Ben

“Hi Relatives!

Thank you so much for the most amazing performance on Saturday! We have had so many comments about how great you guys were and we loved every minute!”

Darren

"Thanks for finishing off the day for us so well... I think you guys could tell we were enjoying ourselves a lot at the end :) Really great fun having you playing, and thanks for all the help setting up the sound on my laptop as well. Couldn't have asked for anything more"

Jimmy & Reilly

“We recently had the Relatives play at our wedding in the Marlborough Sounds. We can’t express enough how happy we were with them. The tunes they played had all our guests raving about them and we are still having comments about how good they were.

Not only did they make our wedding a fantastic night full of great music and dancing, but the professionalism the band showed right from the first contact we had with them through until they packed up and left the morning after, was second to none.

They made organizing it so easy and hassle free. They came in and did their thing with no fuss, which also took any further wedding stress off of our shoulders. We would have no hesitation in recommending them for any type of function.”

Dana & James

“The Relatives recently played at our wedding on the 26^th of January in beautiful Mapua, Nelson. Two members played three songs during the ceremony, then the whole band played at the reception.

We absolutely LOVED them. The music at the ceremony was so perfect and sounded beautiful. They did such an amazing job of the songs we’d chosen for my walk up the aisle, signing the register, then the celebration song as James and I walked back down the aisle as a newly married couple. They really added to the amazing atmosphere of the ceremony.

The whole band then took to the stage at the Playhouse Theatre, our reception venue, and they rocked the place. They looked super cool up on stage – the lighting and set-up meant it felt like we were at a concert! And they packed the dance floor for the whole night, with two encore songs at the end….. We thought they were the most awesome wedding band we’ve heard, and we’ve been to a lot of weddings! They just seemed to know the right songs to pick for the audience, and they were heaps of fun too. We had HEAPS of comments from our guests about what an awesome band they were.

Simon was so friendly and helpful to deal with, and the band obviously gets heaps of enjoyment out of playing music.

We would highly recommend The Relatives to anyone wanting a fabulous band for their wedding who can get the whole place dancing the whole night long.”

Rebecca & Derek

"We sure did have a great day/night and everyone loved you guys!! Thanks so much for playing at our wedding, it really was great!! We will surely be coming to see you guys play in Wellington. Derek's parents are also keen to come and see you play"

Reilly

"Thanks again for being such amazing entertainment at our wedding at Furneaux.  Every single one of our guests just raved about you guys"

Matt & Desiree

"We had an absolutely great time and thought you guys were awesome. Heaps of people from the wedding have been mentioning how brilliant the band was and what a great time they had also - so thanks again"

Katie & Tony

"We just wanted to let you know how amazing you guys were playing at our wedding. Not only was the actual performance fantastic, but we really appreciated your help setting up the extra equipment for our ceremony and accommodating our 'DJs' with their iPod needs.

We had so many comments from our guests about how great you guys were and the energy and crowd interaction you guys brought were fantastic. Another couple enjoyed it so much I think they'll be in touch when their wedding rolls around! We would certainly recommend you guys to anyone, thanks so much once again. You guys rock!"

Russell & Philippa

"You guys smashed it out of the park and we had such great feedback from all our guests. More importantly we had an amazing night and the relatives were a huge part of that"

Gemma

"I just wanted to say a huge thank you for playing at our wedding.  We had such a blast, it was just a shame that it all flew by so quickly. Everyone loved the music, so thanks heaps. 

A great night had by all"

Cam & Char

"You guys were awesome! So many people asked who you guys were and said how great you were.We're wrapped with how the whole day went so thank you for doing your part towards that"

Janice & Shaun

"Thanks so much we had a wonderful day and night. You guys were the icing on the cake"

Hannah & Jimmy

"Just want to say a HUGE thank you for playing on Saturday! You were AMAZING!! So many people came to me and said how awesome you were, we loved our day and it just ended perfectly with you guys playing, I don't think there was a single song where the dance floor wasn't raging!"

Rebecca & Scott

"Just wanted to say a huge thank you for playing at our wedding.  You guys were absolutely exceptional and definitely got the party started and kept it going until the very end!  All of our guests raved about you, and in fact many were willing to put up the extra money to keep you playing past the 12 pm cut off..shame about the venue having a noise restriction past this time!!  We will certainly be highly recommending you to everyone.

Thanks especially to you Steve, you have been fantastic to deal with and very responsive to my many questions"

Chris & Sheri

"Thanks Steve and the team. Really loved you guys, as did everyone else" 

Nikki & Pat McCarthy

"You guys were awesome!! Everyone had the best time and raved about what a great band you were. We were both on the dance floor throughout the evening and it looked packed pretty much the whole night which is what we wanted. Apologies for the stage stealing individuals but you seemed to handle them well - ha ha ;-) amazing night and the music played a large role in making it that way.

Also thanks for pressing the play button for the iPod songs throughout the day! And providing the duo for after the ceremony, this was also perfect"

Sarah & Sam

"Thank you so much for such an amazing time on Saturday. You guys were absolutely brilliant - undoubtedly the best band we've ever experienced at a wedding and we are stoked that it happened to be ours!
The songs and sound were fantastic, and Sam and I couldn't be happier with your version of Moondance for the first dance. You really helped make the whole reception a night to remember. I could just go on and on and on but I won't! But seriously, you guys need to come back to the Bay more often!"

Susanna & Johnny

"Thank you for your wonderful performance on our special day. You made the ceremony special and easy, there is nothing like live music to set the mood, and it was great knowing we didn’t need to worry about timings during the ceremony (or the first dance later). The afternoon duo was really great, singing songs all age groups knew and your enthusiasm really shone through. Later the full band after dinner had everyone young and old dancing. We had so many complements about you guys, from all ages, we can thoroughly recommend you for any wedding or function"

SJ & Chris

"Thank you so much for an amazing performance at our wedding. We really feel like you created an amazing atmosphere and worked the crowed really well. We have had nothing but great comments from our guests about how good you 'the band' were and how much fun they had on the dance floor. Your sound was amazing and you were fun, interactive and professional. The great playlist really worked well with our guests at the wedding. We cannot thank you enough"

Sarah 

"Just wanted to say thank you so soso much for such a great show on Saturday! We all had such a great time and you had EVERYONE up dancing! All of our guests said what a great band you are. Thanks again!"

Julie & Rob

"Thank you so much for doing an amazing job at our wedding. Everybody was raving at how good you all were, and we will definitely recommend you guys to anyone we hear of needing a band. Please pass on our thanks to the rest of the band you guys really did a great job and helped to make our day/night magical"

Ben & Hilary

"Cheers for the brilliant performance on Saturday, there was a great mix of old and new. We have had awesome feedback from friends about you guys and everyone had a great time"

Liam & Catherine

"Thanks so much for the awesome show on Saturday, everyone was totally into everything you played! We had a blast!"

Laura & Dan 

"Thank you so much for everything! You guys were fantastic and really made the night.
So glad we were able have you guys. I will definitely be passing your details on if anyone is looking for a band"

Fritha & Aaron

"You guys were phenomenal!!!! Couldn't have wished for better. Everyone is still raving about how awesome The Relatives are. Thanks for making our night perfect"

Kelly-Ann

"You were a total hit! Everyone loved you guys and it was great to see the dance floor full the whole night! Thanks for putting on a great show"

Shel & Braid

"We had such a blast up on the dance floor, all of the guests were raving about how great you were. The Ozzy song sounded awesome.
Thanks for all of your help! You have been such a pleasure to deal with"

James & Bailey

"Thanks heaps for making our night super awesome! James and I had an amazing time on the dance floor and we are so stoked to have been able to have you play! The day after everyone was telling us how great you all were and how much fun they had!
So thanks heaps for really making our night!!"

Kala & Rhys

I hope you had a good time with my daughters wedding. We certainly loved it.

Thank you so much for being very professional. We really liked your duo's unique sound at canapés. I will not hesitate to recommend you guys to anyone after that performance. Our guests were impressed with your contributions.

You will hear from us in the near future so we can book you again.

It was a pleasure dealing with you.

Hana & Kyle

"Thank you so much for playing. It was such a great night and the music was fantastic!! Definitely brought back the Kumara memories for everyone"

Adam & Rebecca

"Thank you so much! We and everyone had such a fantastic time! And we really appreciate you learning our first dance song! We really loved every minute of it all! Everyone we have talked to have just absolutely raved about how good you guys were!"

Alana & Kris

"Thank you guys so much, you were amazing and everyone has commented on how great you were."

Cam & Sophie

"Thank you guys, you were brilliant as always and we had so many people come up to us and tell us how fun and great your band was!"

James & Sharee

"You were fantastic and a highlight of the night - everyone loved the music! Bloody happy!" 

Astra & John

"So many people have been saying how amazing you guys are!! Thank you so much! We loved you guys!"

Ruth & Tom

"Has anyone told you how awesome the band was that played such awesome and rocking music? The little bit I got to hear was truly awesome. I can't use enough adjectives to say how much I enjoyed them. They rocked!!!!

YOU GUYS ARE GREAT!"

Bridget

"Thank you so much for the huge effort to come all the way out to us. Everyone absolutely loved your band and had such fun, feeling a little seedy today though.....!"

Charlie & Sharon

"Just a quick note before we get off on the honeymoon; Thanks again for making our special day go off with a great party and fun dancing night. You guys were a blast and made the night our guests echoed that sentiment one after the other.  We appreciated the fact that the floor was never empty, in fact the reverse from the very first song; and even you played on a little longer due to our delayed start; its always the special things that also count and Tony giving my nephew a set of drumsticks just really made his weekend too.

A helluva big thanks to all of you Simon, Blair, Steve and Tony, you have our vote as best Wellington Band “evva”"

Lizzie & Fraser

"Just want to say another thanks for your wonderful performance at our wedding. We had so many great reviews from our guests and you really added to a great day. And Mum did love her song, that was awesome so thanks for that as well."

Bridget & Chris

"You guys were so good! We have had lots of compliments amount you guys. Such a fun night!"

Scott & Keitha

"Thank you guys! You were amazing, i don't think there was a moment when the dance floor wasn't going off! We'll definitely be recommending you guys to all our friends and family for future events, keep up the good work!

Thanks for letting us jam on your instruments, was a lot of fun (we hadn't practiced playing after a few beers which made it more interesting). Will put in a good review for you guys."

Linda & Tim

"We had an awesome night and have just come back from a honeymoon in Singapore which was very cool.

We have had so many comments on you guys being a wicked band and we'll definitely be recommending you for anyone who needs a band in future!"

William & Shannon

"Thank you so much for being a part of our day! You guys are an amazing band and made our wedding extra special. Everyone loved you!"