Boris formed in 1992 and consists of: Atsuo - drums, vocals Takeshi - bass, rhythm guitar, vocals Wata - lead guitar, vocals Boris is an extremely prolific band and is known to regularly switch musical genres between albums, drawing from a wide variety of musical styles including psychedelic rock, punk, sludge, doom, drone, pop, glam metal, noise, ambient and more. Boris takes its name from a song on Bullhead by Melvins.