 There were held several live exhibitions of the album's artwork paintings, like in October 2005 at The Cork Street Gallery, Central London, England, and Spazio Oikos, Milan, Italy.The earbook album sold over 150,000 copies in Europe, and 170,000 until 2017.The eleven separate records which comprise "Blue Guitars" could as well stand on their own; in combination, however, they provide a journey through the different epochs of the Blues, showing the various components that have been added to the original African Blues over time, the changes in instrumentation, style, lyrical expression and thematic implications.