TORONTO - Guess who played at the Molson Amphitheatre Thursday night?

Well, technically not The Guess Who as that name is legally held by bassist Jim Kale. But the core of the Canadian classic rock band is and always will be Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings. And for 95-minutes the pair, now touring as Bachman Cummings, presented a show that was heavy on hits from that band and their other groups.

Before a crowd that ranged from grandparents to small children and filled roughly two-thirds of the seated area, the duo and their five-piece supporting cast opened with American Woman. Fortunately, the rock radio staple was reworked into a far better roadhouse blues vibe that worked swimmingly.

Cummings, sporting a Jim Morrison t-shirt and often seated at his keyboard, shared several stories of how certain songs by The Guess Who came to be such as the fusing of a song Bachman had three-quarters finished and another one which Cummings also had three-quarters finished. The end product, No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature, was one of the bigger highlights during the 17-song set.

Meanwhile Bachman, looking far healthier and trimmer than he did decades ago while fronting Bachman Turner Overdrive, offered up one of that band's signatures You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet quite early in the show. Nonetheless, when you have this many hits, the order they're put in really doesn't matter.

The one surprise was an early homage to the late Bo Diddley as Bachman did his best during Who Do You Love (including a snippet of Not Fade Away) to nail that Diddley driving rhythm as well as a hint of Delta blues.

Most of the night was split evenly between Bachman and Cummings regarding lead vocals. Cummings, at times wiping sweat from his brow, provided the somewhat chilly audience the swinging, piano-driven Albert Flasher before the opening notes of the mellow These Eyes caused more cheers and applause.

That isn't to say that everything they did turned magical. Clap For The Wolfman, a tribute to the late radio disc jockey Wolfman Jack, was run of the mill as was No Time which wrapped up the main portion of the show.

Another draw back might have been the lack of solo material from Cummings. Songs like Fine State Of Affairs, Break It To Them Gently or Stand Tall weren't performed when surely one of them wouldn't have hurt.

But Cummings did have some memorable moments during the one-two punch of Laughing and the flute-accented Undun. "Oh that's right I have to tune this damn thing," Cummings said prior to holding the closing notes for a rather lengthy period.

However it seemed to be Bachman's material that provided the more energetic, crowd-pleasing moments, especially when he dove into Hey You, a song Cummings said Bachman wrote when "he wasn't particularly fond of me." Bachman's strong guitar work on Little Queenie and Cummings' ivory-tickling showed how the synergy between the two has not wavered over 40 years.

After thanking the crowd for making them feel young again, the 60-year-old Cummings and 64-year-old Bachman returned for a two-song encore carrying a large Canadian flag before Share The Land.

From there, Bachman had the crowd dancing to the exits with the obligatory Takin' Care Of Business. Bachman Cummings had not worked much overtime on this night, but all seemed to go home happy.