The title's meaning shifts depending on whether it is read through a Brussels or a global lens:
"Boma" refers to a port town along the Congo River , which explains the album's iconic cover art featuring hippopotamuses in a river. Viva Boma
The record features "martial, Zeuhl-like rhythms" mixed with gentle, laid-back jazz-rock. This creates a hypnotic, almost trance-like experience that reviewers describe as "Pink Floyd at 45 rpm". The title's meaning shifts depending on whether it
In local dialect, "Bomma" (often spelled with two 'm's on the album's rear sleeve) means grandmother . This personal connection is literal; the grandmother of band members sits front and center in the photo on the back cover. Musical Depth and "Canterbury" Influence Zeuhl-like rhythms" mixed with gentle