Pause for some Blues

In the early 1993, the Run tour included 49 performances in 21 locations. In this year, they held an open-air concert for the first time, called JAP THE RIPPER. This show took place in Bentenjima]] of Hamamatsu-city, Shizuoka on July 31 and August 1. This successful event gathered 50 thousand people each day, totaling 100,000 people. Following this, B'z concentrated on recording once again, this time, producing a two-disc seventh album, The 7th Blues. The album title not only came from it being their seventh album, but also after the seventh chord, that is frequently used in Blues. Becoming much more bluesier and soulful, this album evidently shows their lean towards Blues, the roots of rock music.

On February 9, 1994 the B'z LIVE-GYM '94 - The 9th Blues tour started. This tour is the longest and biggest they've ever experienced thus far. They did 87 performances in this year. During this long tour, the album, The 7th Blues, was released on March 2. The tour finished in Sapporo's Tsukisamu Dome on December 24.