THEY rocked in the aisles at St Barnabas Church when Christian guitarist Bryn Haworth visited.

Parishioners were given tips on how to spice up their music in church during two workshops by Bryn, before he treated them to his one-man concert whose songs included Spirit in the Sky and featured Bryn's trademark slide guitar playing.

Les Collison, lead guitarist with the church's worship group, said: "One of the things which came out in the workshops was the need to back the music up with faith.

If you haven't got that in the music, you haven't got anything. Bryn's influence has already had an effect on us, and we will be trying more of his ideas soon.

"In the evening, they were hanging from the rafters, there were so many people here. I don't think this church has seen anything quite like it before. It felt like there was a whole group in there, not just him."