Rikard Sjöblom

Rikard Sjöblom (born 23 February 1982) is a Swedish singer and musician, best known as a member of Beardfish and Big Big Train, and also for his solo project, Gungfly. In 2026, Loudwire ranked him as the 4th greatest progressive rock singer of all time.

Biography Sjöblom started playing accordion at age 6, under the encouragement of his grandfather. He started playing guitar at age 10, and bought a Hammond organ at age 17. and released an album in 2017.

He formed Beardfish in 2001, with guitarist David Zackrisson (with whom he had played in a Grunge band called Wooderson), drummer Petter Diamant (of Bootcut) and bassist Gabriel Olsson. Diamant soon left the band due to not being into the bands progressive direction. Beardish mainly made progressive rock music, as well as verging into metal with The Void (2012).

Sjöblom has also performed with The Tangent, providing narration.

Sjöblom was recruited by Big Big Train in 2014 as a touring guitarist and keyboardist, as the band was considering the possibility of live performances. He has since become a permanent member appearing on all of their releases since Wassail (2015).

Gungfly is Sjoblom's pseudonym for his solo work, he releases studio work and also performs live under the name.

Discography

with Bootcut

Real Music Beauty Of Soul (2000) demo Hammond vs Drums (2002) De Fluff (2006) Suspended Animation (2013)

Solo

Kretslopp (2001) Cyklonmannen (2006) with Den Gyllene Orkestern The Unbendable Sleep (2016)

as Gungfly

Please Be Quiet (2009) Lamentations (2011) On Her Journey To The Sun (2017) Friendship (2018) Alone Together (2020)

With Beardfish

With Big Big Train

Other releases