THIS was the Guy Garvey gig for those who know their Garvey from their Elbow.

Halfway through making the next Elbow album, he is in the last throes of the solo project that he calls "Colliery Afrobeat". Shows conclude with Forest Live concerts for the Forestry Commission and a Sunday slot at Glastonbury, wherein Garvey leads a line-up featuring his best man from his wedding day three weeks ago, I Am Kloot's Peter Jobson, on guitar; The Whip's Nathan Sudders on bass, an all-female brass section of Victoria Rule, Sarah Field and Yorkshire's Anna Kirby, and a drummer, Alex Reeves, playing unusually prominently at the front, to the right of Garvey.

The Bury frontman - such a charming, gregarious and humorous host with stories of bad haircuts and his concern about the night air being thick with midges - showcased last October's Courting The Squall album in its entirety with particular resonance in its title track as he sang of "pondering trees".

The stately ballad Electricity, the swaggering Belly Of The Whale and the beautiful sentiment "There's bliss in the kiss of the sunshine" in the set-closing Broken Bottles And Chandeliers all stood out before Garvey, Jobson and Sudders performed a gorgeous Inkspots cover, I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire, as the retro first encore.

All-round good Guy that he is, Garvey had earlier let Jobson take centre stage for two witty piano-led compositions of his own about death and sex, and found time to praise the baby-making qualities of support act C Duncan's music. Perhaps that would be an occasion to wear the Guy Garvey bathrobe, a somewhat unexpected item on sale at the merchandise stall.

P.S. Here is Guiy Garvey's tip for countering what he called "the midge sitch". Reviewing the situation, he suggested the best way to combat the pesky insect invasion was to "drink whisky...last night".