All In The Family - Boh

Thirty (something) year old Boh is the eldest sister in the Runga family, and a musician herself.

Boh is lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter for the kiwi band Stellar* (www.stellar.co.nz) which released it's debut album, Mix, in 2000.

Says Boh, of performing in a band with three other males:

 "Being in this band is the most fun a girl can have with three boys without money changing hands. Even though I am an honorary boy, they still look after me when I've had a few too many".

On growing up with Bic, Boh says:

"She used to get me into trouble all the time. I never used to want to play with her, younger sister and all that. She always went complaining to our Mum and Dad. "Daaad, Boh won't play with me!"...."Play with your sister!". Thats why we aren't in the same band."

And on singing together as kids:

"Constantly. Even wrote songs together, taped them, then would wipe over them in case the parents would find them. Some of them were pretty rude".

And on the difference between Bic's music and Boh's:

"She is an amazingly gifted songwriter, and has a very captivating voice. I think she is a great artist, and will be a great success worldwide. One day we may write together. That would be wild".

The above content was obtained from, and is copyright (2000) to "Burning Stars- The Information Network", a publication by Geoff Major and Kevin Hawkins. Be watching for their upcoming issue featuring Bic Runga.

16 January, 2006

Boh to perform new Stellar* album material at Auckland Zoo

Award-winning singer-songwriter Boh Runga, with special guest Nathan King, get the series off to a stellar start on Saturday 21 January. Both these artists, who have songs featured in APRA's "Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time", will be performing material from their respective upcoming new albums. Fresh from working on the much-anticipated third album from stellar*, Boh Runga lends the only female voice to the series, which runs until March.

This performance will be part of the Auckland Zoo 'Zoo Music' series of concerts over summer. The lush and intimate surrounds of Auckland Zoo again play host to New Zealand's hottest bands this summer, during seven fantastic concerts in the Coca-Cola ZooMusic series (Saturday 21 January to Sunday 5 March 2006).

Check out the details at the Zoo Music page.

Campbell & Boh at home

An interview with Campbell Smith (Bic's manager) and wife Boh at their home in Auckland. This article appeared in Sunday Star-Times 'Sunday' magazine in December, 2005. Photograph appears with permission from Patrick Reynolds Photography Limited.

Boh's Start

An interview with Boh from e-Spy Magazine where she talks about her start in the music industry can be found here.

Stellar* Speak Out Against CD Burning

Boh was spokesperson for Stellar* in the RIANZ campaign against CD burning, which is reported to be reaching significant levels in NZ. Read the article and watch the interview with Boh on this subject.

This item added 14/2/02, content courtesy of RIANZ

Channel Z Interview
2000.

Channel Z ran an interview in 2000 with Boh and Kurt (the bass guitarist from Stellar*). In this transcript, Boh reveals a bit about her family.

Boh on Christmas

The lead singer of Stellar will be on the road touring this Christmas, quite likely stuck in a hotel. 

"We will probably buy each other pathetic $5 presents and get some kind of spongy pud from the supermarket. It'll be fine. 

"We are not really a Christmassy family, anyhow. We [she and her ex-boyfriend] always arranged an orphans' Christmas. I open my house up for people who have got nowhere to go. "We used to go mussel picking [as children] ... It was the best time to chill out and go fishing."

From an NZ Herald article 14 November, 2001.

Watch a video clip of Boh singing "Slowburn" at Stellar*'s live performance in 1999 at the St James Theatre, Wellington, N.Z.

Go to the NZMusic.com site by clicking on the link to

Slowburn Live

7 April, 2003

Boh marries Bic's manager, Campbell Smith

From Peter Green's "Famous for 16 minutes" website, 3 April 2003:

"I do get an email from Bic's manager Campbell and he is away on his honeymoon with Bic's sister Boh (from the band Stellar). I like Campbell, hope this marriage is really special for them both. Bic told me they got married in the Caribbean - very romantic guys!"

20 July, 2003

Boh at launch of Hayley Westenra's "Pure" album

Boh attended the launch of the new "Pure" album from Hayley Westenra at the Auckland Art Gallery. Photo's are of Boh & Hayley.

Photo's courtesy of, and copyright 2003 to Norrie Montgomery at eyeMac Wedding Media . These photo's first appeared in the Sunday Star Times.