Rod Piazza og dei mektige flygarane vert i dag rekna som det tettaste, beste og mest samspelte bluesbandet i som er ute på vegane i USA.  I 1999 og 2000 vant dei WC Handy Awards - bluesen si Oscar-utdeling.  Dei har vore nominert til same prisen mange gonger og har vunne eit uttal av andre prisar.

Leiaren Rod Piazza er ein glitrande bandleiar og ein av verdas beste bluesartistar på munnspel.  Han slepp gjerne til dei andre medlemmene med soloar.  Kona Honey på piano spelar gjerne solo akkompagnert av trommeslagar Steve Mulligan. Dei andre i gruppa er Rick Holmstrøm, supergitarist med slekt frå Sverige og Bill Stuve.  

Bandet har ei stor utstråling på scenen og legg sjela si i kvar einaste konsert.  Svært få bluesband klarar å skapa ei slik stemning som Rod Piazza AND The Mighty Flyers.

Her er nokre andre omtalar av bandet:

..Sometimes, if you are lucky, you go see a band that enjoys what it is doing so much that the energy it radiates to the audience just makes you want to jump up and "clap your hands and snap your fingers". Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers are such a group. Catch them whenever you get a chance and I bet that you will leave with smile on your face and one of their tunes on your brain! 

...Rod Piazza began his musical career in Los Angeles in 1965, when he formed the Dirty Blues Band at the age of 18. They released their first record in 1967, which was quickly followed up by a second album in 1968. Rod joined his long – time mentor, George “Harmonica” Smith, Muddy Water’s former harmonica player, to form the double harmonica outfit Bacon Fat. It was through George that Rod learned the power of a dynamic stage performance and developed his prodigious harmonica talents.
Rod met Honey in 1973 and after an off and on musical relationship, they began to perform regularly together in 1976 as the Rod Piazza Blues Band and the Chicago Flying Saucer Band, before forming The Mighty Flyers with long time bassist, Bill Stuve.
The Mighty Flyers feature the elite of the Blues world, each a star in his or her own right. Honey Piazza on piano showcases her prodigious talents, her duets with drummer Steve Mugalian in concert consistently bring down the house. Long time bassist Bill Stuve has released 2 solo records on his own and his popping bass lines hold the Flyers sound together. Guitarist Rick “L.A. Holmes” Holmstrom, whose own solo CD, “Lookout !” in 1996, established him as a modern day master in the mold of T – Bone Walker and Pee Wee Crayton. Bringing them all together is bandleader Rod Piazza who is an unparalleled harmonica playinger.
Not content to live on his reputation or rehash old standards, Rod continues to push the music and his playing in new directions. The music is fresh, innovative and moving, all stamped with the Mighty Flyers dynamic musicianship and Rod’s soulful vocals and distinctive and electrifying harmonica playing.