band members alan '' boots '' holmes ( baritone sax / tenor saxophone / flute ) - ( born 25 april 1940 , rotherhithe , south east london ) '' major '' griff west ( tenor saxophone/flute ) - ( born david glyde , 19 december 1940 , barnehurst , kent ) barrie cameron ( organ / baritone saxophone ) - ( born barrie cameron-elmes , 25 october 1939 , erith , kent ) john st. john ( lead guitar ) - ( born john gillard , 1 april 1940 , dartford , kent ) wes hunter ( bass ) - ( born richard thomas , 1941 , barnehurst , kent .