The first two acts of the afternoon at the Summer's Day concert, Dragon and Jefferson Starship, got the 7000-strong crowd going, but it was Toto, the main act, who got them rushing to the front of the stage.
Richardson and the band took a selfie with the Tauranga audience before leaving the stage.
People who wanted to buy food and drink inside the venue were frustrated the wait times for a new system where they had to top up a spending card with money to use at different vendors. The line to top up the card was causing delays and people were missing the concert.
One woman said she had been waiting for 40 minutes.
A woman at the kiosk said it was a relatively new system and it took time to explain to people how it worked.
Neptune entertainment promotion team Pato Alvarez, Mitch Lowe and Toby Burrows, said it was pretty cool to finally have Toto in Tauranga.
Tumua Masina said his friend Ben got him into Toto's music about three months ago.
"We travel to work together and it is the only album I have got in my car," laughed Greenwood.
The concert series continues with A Summer's Day Disco at Baypark tomorrow , which will bring together some of disco's biggest icons for the first-time.
Thursday's line-up includes The Jacksons, Kool & the Gang, The Pointer Sisters, Village People, Sister Sledge and The Sounds of the Supremes.