The Tonga Islanders

Group featuring Viliami Netane, the Tongan born husband of Hawaiian singer Rose Netane aka Roselani Netane. Pictured on the back of her 1978 album, 11002088 , they appeared with Rose nightly at the Kon-Tiki Supper Club at the The Hawaiian Inn, owned by Frank Cannova and located at 6200 Gulf Blvd in St. Petersburg Beach, Florida during the late 1970s. The Royal Tonga Islanders, most likely the same ensemble backed Rose Netane at the Hu Ke Lau on McKnight Road, Pittsburgh during the late 1970s and early 1980s.