The Tornadoes has been played on NTS in shows including Tom Furse, featured first on 29 December 2014. Songs played include Bustin' Surfboards, Malaguena and Beyond The Surf.

The Tornadoes from Redlands, CA was the first surf band to receive national airplay with a surf instrumental. The song was Bustin' Surfboards released on Aertaun Records in 1962, and it has since become a classic and mainstay of the surf genre. One of its distinctions, and appeals, was the fact that the song opened with the sound of an ocean swell (that continued throughout the song), thereby creating a sense of actually being at a beach….