Their repertoire featured blues classics and the latest Rolling Stones songs like 'Paint It, Black' and as a tribute to Them they regularly included a version of 'Baby Please Don't Go'. Among their rivals were up-and-coming group the Few, a quintet of hip schoolboys. Just Five appeared on a package recording released as 'Ireland's Greatest Sounds - Five Top Groups From Belfast's Maritime Club' on Emerald Records established by Mervyn Soloman. Several groups include on the package were The Alleykats, The Bats, The Luvin Kind and The People.

Just Five, which also included another two of today’s top musicians Billy McCoy and Mervyn Crawford, were a powerhouse R & B act and one of Belfast's hottest acts. The band was founded by Sam Mahood, who had long wild red hair, staring eyes, and a voice steeped in gospel, which lived in University Street with John Cox, brother of Mick Cox later of Eire Apparent. Promising guitar player John Cox nearly joined Just Five.Sam was also ‘solely’ responsible for introducing his ‘protégé’ and now rising star in his own right onto Ireland’s music scene Lee Hedley (Belfast City Blues).