“I wrote that for my mom. I never thought about releasing it, but she passed away last year”: Fresh off his stint with the Goo Goo Dolls, Sammy Boller has a new EP – featuring two-handed tapping and an 8-string borrowed from Tim Henson

Sammy Boller is photographed in front of some foliage with a red Gibson ES-335.

A highlight of Sammy Boller’s 2025 was the last-minute fill-in position he took on Goo Goo Dolls’ amphitheater tour, after lead guitarist Brad Fernquist came down with a shoulder injury.

Playing iconic anthems like Iris made it the “summer of a lifetime” for Boller. By fall, though, the solo instrumentalist was ready to re-route listeners into the lush and immersive plains of his Midnight Garden EP.