Matt Worley sang lead vocals on Blind Willie Johnson’s gospel blues “Soul Of a Man.”

Robert Plant sang back up.

It was Plant’s show. The packed and thrilled house at the Shubert Theater on Thursday came to see Plant, the frontman of Led Zeppelin, the greatest rock star of all time. But across the 90-minute set, the gray golden god often ceded the spotlight to every member of his new backing band, Saving Grace. That was by design.

For the last few decades, Plant has mostly ignored his legacy, his stature, his solo hits, his catalog with an All-Time Top 5 rock band. Instead, he has celebrated his deep love for music through half a dozen bands, a score of genres, and a hundred different covers.

At the Shubert show, the 77-year-old and Saving Grace — string player and singer Worley, singer

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