sentences:  The name, with its combination of "blow" and "bella", summed up the band's sound.The first line-up was Bill O'Toole, Jon Swayne, Chris Gunstone (bouzouki, tapan), Dave Armitage (melodeon, bombarde, percussion) and Sam Palmer (hurdy-gurdy).Juan Wijngaard (hurdy-gurdy, Flemish bagpipes) and Peter Lees (hammered dulcimer) played a few concerts with the band in the early days.