Once Norcia had relocated to Providence, Rhode Island, he formed the Bluetones which secured a residence as the house band at a local nightclub.
He appeared on a Bullseye Blues album from trombonist Porky Cohen, Rhythm and Bones, (1996) and on the LP Little Anthony and Sugar Ray: Take It From Me, (1994).
[5] In 1998, Norcia exited from Roomful of Blues, and issued Sweet & Swingin', which featured songs written by Hank Williams, Arthur Alexander and Big Walter Horton; plus a guest appearance from The Jordanaires.
[3] In June 2007, Sugar Ray & the Bluetones released their seventh studio album, My Life, My Friends, My Music on Severn Records.
[6] Another Grammy nominated release followed in 2013 on Blind Pig Records', Remembering Little Walter, with Charlie Musselwhite, Billy Boy Arnold, Mark Hummel, James Harman, which garnered two Blues Music Awards that year.