Stoner rock elder statesman Dave Tice is taking his band Buffalo Revisited back to live work after time in the studio with a show at iconic Sydney hotel The Bridge on Saturday, June 4.

Buffalo Revisited celebrates the music of Tice's '70s outfit Buffalo, lauded as one of the most influential hard rock acts in Australia.

Buffalo released five albums from 1971-77 to build a formidable underground reputation. The band was recently profiled in a five-page spread in respected UK magazine Classic Rock in which they were dubbed "Australia's first heavy metal act".

While Tice says that sort of international attention is flattering he's intent on making sure Buffalo Revisited measures up to the legacy.

The Buffalo Revisited line-up tested the waters with two shows in late 2015, including a Brisbane show to mark Radio 4ZZZ's 40th birthday. The Bridge date is their first this year.

Tice has been mixing songs from one of the gigs for a possible release. He and the band have been working on new material that's very much in the vein of the original Buffalo.

Tice is joined in Buffalo Revisited by Vince Cuscuna (guitar), Steve Lorkin (bass) and Murray Shepherd (drums), all veterans of a host of underground Sydney and Brisbane bands. Shepherd has played with Harpoon and the Hitmen and drummed in the original line-up of the Screaming Tribesmen.

As members of Sheek The Shayk, Lorkin and Cuscuna recorded with Buffalo co-founder Pete Wells (Rose Tattoo) before he passed away in 2006.

Buffalo formed in Sydney in 1971. Largely unrecognized by commercial radio, Buffalo was one of the country's first exponents of the style heavy metal, pre-dating other pioneering Australian hard rock and heavy metal acts, such as Coloured Balls, AC/DC, The Angels, Taste and Rose Tattoo.

Like many pioneering heavy metal acts, Buffalo incorporated strong influences of blues-rock and psychedelia. The band's sound paralleled that of Black Sabbath, who they supported on their first Australian tour.

Buffalo's first three LPs, "Dead Forever", "Volcanic Rock" and "Only Want You For Your Body", are true classics with original copies commanding thousands of dollars.