There has always been a turnover of membership as older boys leave the boys home to find jobs and younger ones join the band. This section includes some close-up pictures of band members in the early to mid-1990s.
Paying for some boys to learn to play the piano was one of the ways I tried to find a substitute for the fact that I could not be there all the time to teach the band. Looking on is Danias Karosekali. Danias had piano lessons too.
These were BBJ's first percussionists. From left Yatrianus and Toman Hutabarat.
The band always had an enthusiastic following among the younger boys. This is a photo of Noin when he was still a very young boy (class 4 primary school). Noin is now the band's principle tuba player, and a very fine musician. Date 1993
Nahasan later moved to Jakarta, where he leads a small SA band.
1993