Tom Scholz grew up in Toledo, Ohio, the son of a house builder who garnered considerable wealth from his designs.(Toledo Blade, 1999; Boston Magazine, 2006). Scholz had a penchant for tinkering with everything from go carts to model airplanes, and was always building or designing. A top student and a member of the Varsity basketball team; he graduated from Ottawa Hills High School in 1965. Prior to his musical career, Scholz received a Masters degree in Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1969. He would go on to work for Polaroid as a senior product design engineer.

Brad Delp was born in Beverley, Massachusetts and raised in Danvers. Delp's interest in music began at age thirteen, when he bought a guitar after seeing The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show. In 1970, he was making heating elements for Mr. Coffee machines at Danvers company Hot-Watt when he met Boston founder Tom Scholz, guitarist Barry Goudreau and drummer Jim Masdea while playing in a cover band. His partnership with guitarist Tom Scholz led to a string of hit songs. In fact, On the first three Boston Albums, Brad Delp's voice is the only one that is used. He did all of the lead and backing vocals.

Gary Pihl, raised in the suburbs of Chicago for the first 12 years of his life, relocated to the San Francisco Bay area and has led a musical life ever since. He explains, "I was in several bands in high school. One of our guitar players told me about a guy who was really good and giving guitar lessons at the local music store. He was in a band named The Warlocks. We went to see them play at a local pizza parlor. A couple months later they changed their name to the Grateful Dead. The guitarist giving us lessons was Jerry Garcia." At 19, Gary had his recording debut with Day Blindness in 1969. He says, "After my time in Day Blindness, I was in a band called Fox with Roy Garcia and Johnny V (Vernazza), who went on to play in Elvin Bishop's band."

Kimberly Dahme, as the first woman to grace the BOSTON lineup, she has been a welcome addition since she joined the group in 2001. It was a stroke of luck for the native Californian, who now calls Nashville home. Kimberley sums it up this way, "I was in the right place at the right time. I was playing in another band and Tom Scholz and Gary Pihl were out looking for a new drummer for BOSTON. They happened to see me onstage. I was playing electric guitar and singing in that band. Tom approached me after the show and asked me if I could play bass. I told him that I could learn! I immediately went back to Nashville and bought a bass and called their offices and begged for an audition. I ended up getting the part."

Jeff Neal, after an extensive search for a new drummer for BOSTON, Tom Scholz happened to see him performing with his band Punchbug at a ski resort in Maine, and the rest is history. Jeff joined the group in 2002, adding his energetic, entertaining style of drumming to the '03 and '04 tours, and excellent harmony vocal chops. Gary Pihl thinks very highly of him, saying, "Jeff is great to have in the band because he is so down to earth and matter of fact. He's a great drummer and remarkable singer, but acts as if what he does is just like anybody else trying to do his job the best he can. We're fortunate to have him, and I'm glad that even after a million people have told him how great he is, he hasn't changed from being that good-natured guy, always ready to work."