The range of quality regarding bands whose names are words they made up is pretty wide.

The folks in Hoobastank, for example, failed miserably. Jamiroquai isn’t easy to spell, so I hate it. Foghat is a great name.

Gatch is also great. A Boston post-millennial pop act out of Boston by way of Groton’s Fitch High School, Gatch’s sound goes all the way back to early Hall & Oates or Simply Red. He himself describes his music as “if James Taylor and James Brown had a baby and Dave Matthews was the obstretician.” Fair enough!

Oh, and Gatch is the nickname of singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Tyler Gaccione, a Best Vocalist nominee in this year’s prestigious Boston Music Awards — and that’s pretty cool. (Just not as cool as if some of his excellent “Party People” album or songs like “One-Two” were also nominated.)

Gatch brings his band home Saturday — including former Fitch classmate Aaron Lewis on drums — for a show at The Barn in Groton. They will not play any Hoobastank.

Gatch, 8 p.m. Saturday, The Barn, 13 Fort Hill Road, Groton; free; www.barnct.com, (203) 913-1567.