Steve Porter at Neros , and now in his daytime job!

I absolutely loved my time being a DJ at Nero’s which was quite a ground breaking disco with its underlit dance floor and flamboyant decor. I had zero experience of being a disco DJ but managed to convince them to give me a go. All I’d done in that line was a programme on PHB Portsmouth Hospital Broadcasting.
At Nero’s I was frankly the “apprentice” to the real experts Pete Cross and Merrick. I studied them closely to learn the ropes. During the day I was a journalist for the Portsmouth News and for a time wrote the weekly pop page where I was lucky enough to interview many big names such as Barry White, 10 CC, Alexis Korner or even artists such as Vera Lynn and Nat Gonella.
In those pre selfie pre iPhone days and despite often having a photographer with me I never once got a photo with the stars. I’d always wanted to fly and in 1978 got my Private Pilots Licence and then took a career change to take up flying as a job, and spent many years flying the world the last 27 with Virgin Atlantic flying the new Boeing 787. Now I fly warbirds as a hobby, the Catalina flying boat from Duxford and the Douglas DC3 in Fort Worth Texas.
But I’ll always fondly remember my fun times spinning the 45’s at Nero’s.”