Daryl Hall and John Oates were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame only in April of this year.

Why on earth did it take so long?

The height of their fame and their biggest hits came in the 70s and early 80s.

But more than 30 years after hits like Maneater and Private Eyes, Hall and Oates managed to pack out the BIC on Thursday.

And they laid on one heck of a party.

It was one hit after another, almost without pausing for breath, with their unique mix of rock and roll and rhythm and blues, from Say It Isn’t So to Out of Touch, Family Man to Back Together Again.

They came on stage to rapturous applause from the full and very enthusiastic house.

But the biggest roar came half way through the set with She's Gone, the song, as Hall explained, took them from Philadelphia to the world.

"We've played it a million times and it always feels like the first time," he said.

A slightly overlong I Can’t Go For That led into a double encore which featured Rich Girl, a rocking Make My Dreams Come True and finally the best delivered number of the night, Private Eyes.

Hall's voice is still amazing.

 Hall and Oates, named by Billboard as the most successful duo of the rock era because of their chart success, still have it in absolute truckloads.

Andy Martin