Tommy Z is an American electric blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer and audio engineer, who has released four studio albums and one live album to date. He has been described as a "blues treasure" by Jim Santella (WBFO), and as "one of WNY's best kept secrets" by Sarah French of Blues Matters! magazine. In 2007, he was inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame. His 2016 album, Blizzard of Blues, debuted at number 8 in the Billboard Top Blues Albums Chart. It was followed by Plug In and Play in 2021, which debuted at number 5 on the US Billboard Top Blues Album Chart.