[2] "If Johnny B. Moore isn't a star in the making," stated Allmusic's Bill Dahl, "there's no justice in the world.
John Lee Hooker's "Boogie Chillen'" was the first piece Moore mastered,[2] but he was influenced by the style of Magic Sam.
[2] By 1975, Moore found a further musical outlet by joining Koko Taylor's backing band, the Blues Machine, as lead guitarist.
The 1999 live album, Acoustic Blue Chicago, featured Willie Kent, Lester Davenport and Bonnie Lee.
He has made guest appearances on albums by several other blues musicians, including Willie Kent's Too Hurt to Cry (1994).
[7] His album Rockin' in the Same Old Boat (2003) was described by Allmusic journalist Matt Collar: "Moore's hard-driving lead guitar lines are well intact as is his off-hand, sometimes slurred vocal delivery".