Erwin Java's Travel Party + Horns ft. Erwin Nyhoff is a Dutch blues ensemble dedicated to the music of Cuby & the Blizzards. Guitarist Erwin Java (Assen, 1956) was a member of Harry 'Cuby' Muskee's band from 1986 to 2011; vocalist Erwin Nyhoff (1972) first made his name as frontman of The Prodigal Sons in the 1990s and reached the final of The Voice of Holland in 2012. Backed by the Travel Party band and a three-piece horn section, they perform a full-evening tribute to the legendary Drenthe blues band.
Erwin Java will be inducted into the Dutch Blues Hall of Fame in 2026; the official ceremony takes place on October 4, 2026 during the Dutch Blues Challenge at TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht.
Erwin Java's Travel Party + Horns ft. Erwin Nyhoff is on the line-up of CROSSROADS, the blues festival at De Nieuwe Kolk in Assen on September 26, 2026.
Erwin Java performs on June 19, 2026 at the Holland International Blues Festival in Grolloo, for the third time as a tribute to Cuby & the Blizzards.
Erwin Java was voted by readers of the trade magazine Gitarist as the all-time favourite guitarist of the Benelux in the Gitarist Poll Awards 2025.
The theater tour 'Cuby's Blues' with Erwin Java's Travel Party and Erwin Nyhoff started in autumn 2023 and toured through Dutch theaters from September to December.
