Michio Kurihara has been played on NTS shows including Whirldfuzzz, with A Boat Of Courage first played on 25 August 2016.

The premier guitarist of the Japanese underground psychedelic movement, Michio Kurihara (栗原道夫) was born November 23, 1961, in Tokyo. Though raised on a diet of classical music, as a teen his interests turned to rock & roll, and he began playing guitar at age 14. Kurihara made his recorded debut in 1983 with ONNA, a group led by cartoonist Keizo Miyanishi, followed a year later by a tenure with Ybo². In mid-1986, he was invited to join the You Ishihara-led White Heaven, considered in…