Limburg pop-rock outfit Noordkaap (North Cape) first emerged on the Belgian
music scene in the late 1980s, with frontman Stijn Meuris joined by fellow
founding members Lars Van Bambost on guitar, Nico Van Calster on drums, Erik
Sterckx on bass and Wim De Wilde on keyboard. The group soon found themselves in
the spotlight as the 1990 winners of the coveted Flemish talent contest Humo’s
Rock Rally, with their cover of Will Tura’s “Arme Joe” reaching number 33 in the
national Flanders charts and landing them in the sights of various record
labels. Inking a deal with Mercury Records,...