Most reasonable concert goers can and recently have persevered through long stretches without visits from their favorite artists.

But some musicians are simply so terrific and talented and their music so nurturing that even the most patient of fans become antsy in their extended absence.

And after all, it has been more than four years since Michael Nau last embarked on a tour of familiar towns scattered about the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast — his last scoot through the region was in the fall of 2019, just a few months before the onset of the pandemic.