Kiwi rockers Dragon may be unplugging for their upcoming acoustic tour, but the band's legendary leader, Todd Hunter, says they still have every intention of bringing down the house - or this case, the church.
"This band can play anywhere, in a stadium, around one mic at a radio station. They're that seasoned that you can put any instrument in these guys' hands and it will work," he says.
The Classic Hits Acoustic Church tour starts at St John's Cathedral in Napier and ends at Old St Paul's in Wellington.
It will be the first time Dragon have performed entire acoustic sets in New Zealand and Hunter says they want to give the audience much more than just a bunch of unplugged Dragon tunes.
The New Zealand leg follows Dragon's Sunshine to Rain tour of Australia's east coast where Hunter and his band-mates, which now include Kiwi Mark Williams on vocals, have perfected acoustic versions of the hits April Sun in Cuba, Are You Old Enough and Still In Love With You.