When his commitments with Morrison came to an end he moved on to work and record with Eric Burdon also Axis Point, before Steve Marriott included him as an official band member in a new lineup of Humble Pie.

[9] Tench formed The Gass with Godfrey and Errol McLean in May 1965 and they soon recruited the remaining three members, Humphrey Okah, Ian Thomas and Stuart Colwell.

Having heard Tench perform with Gass "Upstairs" at Ronnie Scott's club in Soho London, Beck employed him as replacement vocalist.

[26] He was given only a short time to add his vocals to Rough and Ready (1971), before mixing resumed on tracks previously recorded in London by Beck and the other band members including, drummer Cozy Powell, bassist Clive Chaman and keyboard player Max Middleton.

[29] Of Tench Rolling Stone magazine stated: "...then comes Situation a long, well-played evocation of that misnamed hybrid jazz-rock and a neat rocker called Short Business.

[1] Tench featured as guitarist on Fathoms Deep (1973), an album by Linda Lewis which followed her top twenty success with "Rock a Doodle Do" in the UK singles charts.

He appeared alongside former Jeff Beck Group keyboardist Max Middleton, bassist Phil Chen and guitarist Jim Cregan who also produced the album.

This high pedigree concert also featured others such as Eric Clapton and Freddie King, who appeared with guests Larry Coryell and Ronnie Wood on the same bill.

[67] On 19 April 1977, Streetwalkers appeared on Rockpalast, for a final time[68] and their set for this performance included Tench playing guitar and singing on songs such as "Run for Cover".

The album was recorded using Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio and with a lineup also including guitarists Brian Robertson from Thin Lizzy and Henry McCullough recently departed from Wings, also Mick Weaver from Traffic.

[84] The lineup included founder member, guitarist and vocalist Steve Marriott, their original drummer Jerry Shirley and American bassist Anthony "Sooty" Jones.

Tench toured with Humble Pie in United States as part of the Rock 'N' Roll Marathon Bill, which included others such as Aerosmith and they recorded Go for the Throat (1980).

The lineup who recorded this album included Headon, Tench, vocalist Jimmy Helms, former Ian Dury and the Blockheads and Clash keyboard player Mick Gallagher, also bassist Jerome Rimson.

[96] In his review for Allmusic, Thom Jurek hints at Tench's influence on the album and stated that "the Peter Barden's and Bobby Tench song "Good Times, Bad Woman" with its slippery guitars and keyboards feels more like Peter Green's mid-period work and the killer read of Boz Scagg's Some Change, is more driven and funky than the original.

[99] Tench contributed guitar and vocals to Ruby Turner's albumCall Me by My Name during 1998 which was released in the same year, appearing alongside Boz Burrell, Stan Webb and Zoot Money.

[102] A brief tour of U.K and Europe with Company of Snakes followed, but was curtailed due to Greg Ridley becoming ill.[103] On 14 April 2001, he appeared as a guitarist and vocalist at the Steve Marriott Tribute Concert and performed the Humble Pie song "Fool for Pretty Face",[104] which he had originally recorded with the band in 1980.

[109] Tench continued with studio work, occasionally making appearances at live shows such as with Roger Chapman, Arthur Louis and Jim Cregan.

[110] On 17 March 2015 he performed several songs at The Half Moon, Putney music venue in London, at a benefit concert for the former Wings guitarist Henry McCullough in a billing line up which included Paul Carrack and Nick Lowe.

[111] During the following years he appeared with The Barnes Blues Band[112] and Alan Price at the historic Bull's Head music venue in South West London.

[115][1] In his article written as an obituary for the May 2024 edition of the Classic Rock magazine Dave Ling stated, "Although Tench never quite attained the level of appreciation that he deserved, his immense talent was recognised by serious music fans, peers and fellow musicians.

"[116] The respected Canadian based music journalist Dmitry Epstein echoed this in the article he wrote about Tench on 19 February 2024 and commented that he was a "brilliant musician" and "an underestimated colossus of British rock".

[117] In their book Chronology of Jeff Beck's Career 1965–1980, Chris Hjort and Doug Hinman mentioned that Tench was"proficient guitar player"[118] Matt Parker of Guitar World stated in the obituary he wrote about Tench in February 2024 that, "he was a phenomenal vocalist" and recalled that his progressive vocals on the Jeff Beck Group's Rough and Ready album split critical opinion at the time of release.

[119] On the original release of The Jeff Beck Group's album Rough and Ready, Stephen Davis of Rolling Stone magazine wrote "Then comes [the track] Situation and a neat rocker called Short Business.

[120] A Beat publication which featured an article about the band Hummingbird's album We can't go on meeting like this, noted that Tench's voice had "surprising power and range used to the full"[121] and of the band in which Tench also played lead guitar, the music magazine Gramophone commented that "the members of Hummingbird are the cream of British session musicians, more acclimatised than most to playing rock at all intellectual levels".

It is truly pleasurable"[125] and on the blog site "The Immortal Jukebox" Thom Hickey reflected on a live performance from the same period, noting that "Bobby Tench played gorgeous spiky guitar fills".

In her introduction she wrote, "our cover artist Bobby Tench is a musician who has played and recorded with so many people that his biography reads like a Who's Who of British Blues".

[132] In his 2016 autobiography Stick It, Carmine Appice (drummer for the influential Vanilla Fudge) stated that Tench was "a killer soulful singer, with a real cool gritty edge to his vocals".

Tench owned guitars of various vintages and played Gibson Les Pauls including the Gold Top Deluxe model as seen on the fold cover for Hummingbird's album "We can't go on meeting like this" released in 1977 and during the period he was with Van Morrison and Humble Pie.

Knopfler sold this guitar for £693,000[114] at a Christie's auction in London on January 31, 2024[134][135][136][137] He played Fender Stratocasters throughout his career using models finished in powder blue, sunburst and black.

[138] As Bobby Tench With Gass With The Jeff Beck Group With Hanson (Junior Marvin) With Freddie King With Streetwalkers With Hummingbird With Boxer With Widowmaker With Van Morrison With Humble Pie With Topper Headon With Jeff Beck This list is of the original record and C.D releases on which Tench is credited and does not include other releases or re-issues with the same or different track listings.