Blackstratblues

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title: "Blackstratblues" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["indian-guitarists", "new-zealand-male-guitarists", "blues-rock-musicians", "1979-births", "living-people", "21st-century-new-zealand-guitarists", "21st-century-new-zealand-male-musicians"] description: "New Zealand musical project" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstratblues" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary New Zealand musical project ::

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background	person
name	Blackstratblues
image	Blackstratblues live.JPG
alt	Warren Mendonsa playing an electric guitar onstage, in front of a microphone
caption	Mendonsa performing in 2012
birth_name	Warren Mendonsa
birth_date
birth_place	Mumbai, India
origin	Auckland, New Zealand
instrument
genre
occupation	Musician
years_active	1998–present
label	Unsigned
current_member_of	Zero
website
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Blackstratblues is a musical project of Warren Mendonsa, an Indian guitarist and composer based out of Auckland, New Zealand. Earlier Blackstratblues albums were solo efforts, and more recent releases have been group collaborations—all self-released by Mendonsa. The project has published six studio albums and two live albums as of .

Mendonsa also plays lead guitar in the Indian rock band Zero. He is the nephew of Bollywood composer Loy Mendonsa of Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy fame.

Career

In 1998, Mendonsa formed the rock band Zero, together with Rajeev Talwar, Sidd Coutto, and Girish Talwar, releasing three studio albums between 2000 and 2005.

In late 2004, Mendonsa moved to Auckland, New Zealand, thereby quitting Zero. He began releasing songs online as a solo artist, and in April 2007, he issued his debut album, Nights in Shining Karma, under the moniker Blackstratblues.

Discography

Studio albums

• Nights in Shining Karma (2007)
• The New Album (2009)
• The Universe Has a Strange Sense of Humour (2015)
• The Last Analog Generation (2017)
• When It's Time (2019)
• Hindsight Is 2020 (2021)

Live albums

• L.I/O.V.E. Vol. I (2022)
• L.I/O.V.E. Vol. II (2023)

References

References

1. (23 August 2017). "All You Need to Know About Blackstratblues' New Album 'The Last Analog Generation'".
2. (23 August 2015). "The Crisis in Indian rock".
3. "Warren Mendonsa".
4. (16 January 2010). "Warren Mendonsa – The Interview – Part I".
5. (July 2017). ["Harmony Central Acapella Forum"](https://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1607446}}{{dead link).
6. (21 April 2007). "Petrucci Forum".
7. Larry. (April 2019). ["Harmony Central Acapella Forum"](http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?s=9da6649f5a3dc5af06b89adf652148cc&p=22158908#post22158908}}{{Dead link).
8. "The New Album by Blackstratblues".
9. (29 December 2009). "The New Album – BlackStratBlues".

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