Ryan Bishops is a Canadian rock and country guitarist and songwriter from Sudbury, Ontario, who plays as a supporting musician in Ox and in singer-songwriter Kate Maki's backing band. In 2005, Bishops was also a headlining artist along with Maki, Nathan Lawr, Ruth Minnikin and Dale Murray in two national concert tours, A Midautumn Night's Dream and A Midwinter Night's Dream, which were reportedly inspired by Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue. The five musicians also recorded limited edition albums for sale on each tour.