There's the signature ‘tache', clinging white pants, glistening torso and little else.
And he's belting out ‘We Will Rock you', as he does 150 times a year from the UK to South Africa to New Zealand.
All the Freddie theatrics are woven in, the showmanship and the flamboyance. There's the four octave vocal range, spectacular lighting, special effects and all the timeless anthems like ‘Bohemian Rhapsody', ‘Fat Bottomed Girls' and ‘We Are The Champions'.
It's the Queen tribute band, Gary Mullen and the Works.
And the man transporting us back in time, resurrecting the spirit of the late great Freddie Mercury and one of the greatest ever rock bands, Queen, is Scotsman Gary Mullens.
'I would watch Freddie Mercury on the television when I was just five,” Mullens tells The Weekend Sun from Glasgow on the eve of his New Zealand tour. ”I would sing along, mimic his moves. And when asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, I said I wanted to be like him.”
He would never see the man perform live, he would never meet the man, but eventually he became the man.
In 2000 Mullens, as Freddie Mercury, won Stars in Their Eyes – British TV's celebrity impersonation programme by 800,000 votes.
'I was a computer salesman by day.” But when Gary became Freddie that all changed. For 10 years Gary Mullens and the Works have been touring the world celebrating Queen. 'The pay's a bit better.” And the job satisfaction.
The critics acknowledge the uncanny similarities. 'Those who dismiss reincarnation should spend a night watching Gary Mullen and The Works impersonating Queen – he brings the legendary Queen front man back to life.”
And the fans too. 'They get absorbed by the man and his music,” says Gary. 'And the fact we are a tribute band just doesn't matter to them.” And he says they are there to participate.
'It's a very powerful thing when you have an audience of about 2000 pounding out the chorus lines to ‘Somebody to Love.' Makes my work very rewarding and easy.”
Gary Mullen and The Works are at Tauranga's Baycourt on Monday, August 28 and Tuesday, August 29. For bookings phone 07 577 7188 or visit www.ticketek.co.nz