Regular clientele of the Gluepot over the years included New Zealand's first Labour Party Prime Minister, Michael Joseph Savage, who lived nearby.

[2] From the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, the style of music at The Gluepot catered predominantly for a Māori and Pacific Island audience.

Blind Māori group The Radars had a residency at the tavern that lasted seven years which came to an end in the mid-1970s.

[6] Notable entertainers to have appeared at The Gluepot during this time included Billy T. James and Prince Tui Teka.

[5] The venue also attracted overseas acts whose style suited small to medium-sized venues, among them John Cale, Hunters and Collectors, Nico, Paul Kelly, Warren Zevon, Lucinda Williams, John Prine, and Toots and The Maytals.