LYNN ? When Ernie and the Automatics hit the stage at Lynn City Hall Memorial Auditorium Friday night, it’ll be a homecoming of sorts for a couple of the performers. The band is playing as part of a triple bill along with Johnny A. and the James Montgomery Band in a show beginning at 7 p.mErnie and the Automatics includes drummer Sib Hashian and guitarist Barry Goudreau, who are two of the founding members of the legendary rock band Boston and Lynn resident Brian Maes.The band is named after Ernie Boch Jr., the Bay State automotive retailer. Boch is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music and after playing guitar in a number of bands he met Hashian and Goudreau. Saxophonist Michael Antunes, bass player Tim Archibald and Brian Maes on keyboard and vocals complete the group. The band has opened for notable headliners including B. B. King, James Cotton, Johnny Winter, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Chuck Berry, America and the Fabulous Thunderbirds.Hashian, who currently resides in Lynnfield, joined Boston in 1975, replacing original drummer Jim Masdea. Hashian’s drumming is featured on Boston’s self titled debut album and on “Don’t Look Back.” He was the drummer on Goudreau’s self-titled solo album which was released in 1980. He went on to own a chain of tanning salons in Boston, as well as a small record store.In 2004 he appeared at the Tremont Theater for the Boston premiere of “9-Ball” which he produced along with Ernie Boch Jr. and in 2006 he recorded with Ernie and the Automatics.Hashian, who is a 1967 graduate of Lynn English high School, said the last time he perfromed in the Lynn City Hall Memorial Auditorium was in the 1960s when he played drums in a band for theinaugeration of a Lynn mayor.Hashian, who served in Vietnam as a Lt. in the U.S. Army from 1969 and 1971, said he stops by Lynn City Hall at least once a month to visit an old friend and pay tribute to friends he lost in Vietnam.”I lost a lot of friends in Vietnam,” he said. “The Vietnam Memorial Plaque in City Hall is very well done. I always make a point of stopping by to see the plaque.”He added he is impressed with the work that has been done to refurbish the auditorium.”I’m really excited they decided to have live music there,” he said. “I’m very proud the city has decided to go in that direction and bring live music to the area. It’s going to be a real thrill to come back and play with this band. I’m really excited about playing Friday night. “Goudreau added the show in Lynn is the first stop in its search for a national audience.”No question we’re big in New England,” he said. “But now is the time for us to make our move. We’ve got a national sound.”Ernie and the Automatics band members have collectively sold more than 30 million records and the group released its first CD “Low Expectations” in February.The headliner for the triple bill show is Malden native Johnny A., who is considered one of America’s finest contemporary guitarists. At six years old, Johnny became fascinated with the drums and even playing in his junior high marching band and when he was a teen he took up guitar. In the mid 1970’s Johnny A. formed The Streets, a leather-clad hard rock band that embraced the sounds of 1960’s British pop then he formed Johnny A.’s Hidden Secret and Hearts on Fire. Not long after that band broke up, Johnny A. hooked up with J. Geils band front man Peter Wolf and played with him for seven years before launching his solo career.Blues legend James Montgomery rounds out the show. The Detroit native learned to wail on the harmonica at the Chessmate from the masters including James Cotton and John Lee Hooker. He formed his band in 1970 when he was a student at Boston University and within a couple of years his group was one of the most sought after acts in BostonTickets for Friday night’s show are $25 at the door.