Mine favorite NPG would be:

BASS : Rhonda ( but I still miss Sonny T.)
2nd GUITAR : Wendy
KEYBOARDS: Renato Neto, Morris Hayes, and/or Lisa if Wendy´s playing guitar
SAX: Mr. Eric Leeds
DRUMS: John Blackwell ( but I still miss Michael B.)...too sad Sheila´s spine is causing too much pain to go on a long tour..but then again...
PERCUSSION: (?) Sheila E.
and some occasional appearances by Mr. LM1, he was tight on the Dance Electric and She´s Always In My Hair...
The most difficult choice would be keys...Dr.Fink, Mr.Hayes, Renato Neto, Lisa were all great and added their own style to the music.

I liked thew revolution with wendy and every1, but i think ur line up of the npg was gr8, although i like macio on sax, hmmm, cant member if u put him in, neway, that would b basically the same line up i wud have, wendy and lisa rock though.

I think Prince should have left the name 'NPG' with the original band. The new band is great
but should have had a new name (or no name at all). Imagine if Prince had still called the
Sign O' The Times / Lovesexy band 'The Revolution', it just wouldn't have been right.

BorisFishpaw said:

Yeah, that´s what I´ve been thinking , too. At the celebration 2002 I assumed that the current band doesn´t really have a name at all, especially because he kept saying "Prince and the band" as opposed to "Prince and the NPG"...no name would have been better.
The NPG moniker without Sonny, Michael and Morris just doesn´t work for me.

KoolEaze said:

Wendy and Lisa were never in the NPG; just the Revloution