Anthony Gomes is a Canadian blues and blues-rock guitarist and singer, born on May 14, 1970, in Toronto, Ontario, to a Portuguese father and a French-Canadian mother. He debuted in 1998 with Blues in Technicolor and has since released 14 studio albums, repeatedly reaching the top of the Billboard Blues Chart. His style fuses Chicago blues, hard rock and soul, and he has toured across multiple continents while earning recognition from Guitar World and Total Guitar.
Gomes is on a world tour in support of Praise the Loud with planned stops in 17 countries.
14th studio album Praise the Loud was released on April 25, 2025 via Rat Pak Records and debuted at number one on the iTunes Blues Chart.
Gomes returned home from a sold-out European tour in January 2025 with stops in Belfast, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Fredericia, among others.
Total Guitar featured Gomes on its list of the 100 greatest blues guitarists of all time.
High Voltage Blues reached number one on the Billboard Blues Chart and spent 58 weeks in the chart's top 10.
