JulesTHIS is the tour I met them on, and I believe that's the same kit. Looking at it again now, the drums don't look like such a big deal. But keep in mind that at the time, you just didn't see Sonor drums in person in northern Wisconsin. It was Slingerland, Ludwig, Pearl and (the new kid at the time) Tama. In fact my friend and I were both double-kick players at the time, and I had just gotten a HUGE Tama "Superstar Mega" kit--10, 12, 13, 14, 15 concert toms, 16ft & 18ft and double 24" kicks. But I remember feeling how massively powerful Bill Gibson was on that kit, and both my friend and I were blown away by the guy. And I remember he loved talking about the kit--but I don't recall the details about it. Looks like maybe 12, 13, 16ft, 18ft?
This was not the exact gig I was at--we were probably at one of the first shows on the tour, because they were playing in a 200-seat club in Wausau Wisconsin. It was literally a "regular bar gig" at the local sports bar back in the day, lol. In fact I think I played that place in a rock band only 4-5 years later. The door to the backstage area opened up into the back area outside the bar, and was like 8-10 feet from the stage. So we all stood out there and BS'd after sound check. Those guys could not have been nicer--including Huey himself. I remember us three drummers (me, my friend whose band was opening for them, and Bill Gibson) standing in a small group talking drums, and then Huey walks up and starts maligning drummers. It was a great hang! And hat band was TIGHT though. Wow...they were great. Very possibly the best live band I've ever seen in person...at least from the side of the stage.
Anyway, here's a video of their show back then. I think the show I saw them at was maybe in 1982 or 1983--the bar isn't there anymore, but Googling around shows me a Facebook thread where people were talking about seeing them there in the summer of 1983. So maybe it was the year after this show in the video--but I do remember that the Sonor kit he was playing was black.