NTS regular Boris has been hosting a show since 18 August 2020. Boris has been played over 80 times on NTS, first on 14 October 2013. Boris's music has been featured on 79 episodes.

Boris are a Japanese experimental metal band formed in Tokyo in 1992. The band's original lineup consisted of Atsuo, Takeshi, Wata, and Nagata who was the band's original drummer. After his departure in 1996, Atsuo took over drums and the lineup has remained consistent to this day. Boris draw influence from a huge variety of styles including, but not limited to, psychedelic rock, punk rock, sludge metal, doom metal, drone metal,…