“CBS ran an ad that said, ‘6 million people have heard the sound of his guitar. Let us introduce you to him…’ That made a huge rift”: Barry Goudreau was there from the beginning of Boston –but has regrets about how things ended with Tom Scholz

Barry Goudreau.

Boston co-founder Barry Goudreau was a guiding light behind the band’s 1976 self-titled album, which plays like a greatest-hits record. Their second record, 1978’s Don’t Look Back, wasn’t far behind.

But it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows for Goudreau, who handled guitar duties on demo recordings before Tom Scholz took over. Scholz’s hyper-perfectionism led to his his bandmates being shut out from the recording processes.