He has released three albums and one EP, and works both as a solo musician and, since 2014, as the frontman for the British blues rock group Ten Years After.

His most recent solo album was Shake the Walls (2013) released by Jig-Saw Music Ltd. Bonfanti has opened shows for Robert Cray, Chuck Berry, Shuggie Otis, Philip Sayce, Jack Bruce, Beth Hart, John Mayall, Beth Rowley and JJ Grey & Mofro.

He once fronted The Ronnie Scott's Blues Explosion and, at times, has worked with P. P. Arnold, Ginger Baker, Earl Thomas, Joe Louis Walker, Robbie McIntosh, Hamish Stuart, Mark Feltham, Eric Burdon and Buddy Whittington.

[2] His mother produced an old guitar from the family's loft and Bonfanti tried to master the instrument, encouraged by his parents who were both keen on music.

followed in 2010, which heighten his presence and audience base, exemplified in 2012 when Bonfanti won the British Blues Awards for Best Songwriter.

[6] Shake The Walls was released in June 2013, and again listed by Classic Rock in the Top 5 Blues Albums of the year.