Kevin "Al" Archer is an English guitarist. He played with Kevin Rowland in the punk rock group The Killjoys, and in 1978 Rowland and Archer formed the Dexys Midnight Runners, and co-wrote some of the songs on the group's debut album Searching for the Young Soul Rebels. He used the name "Al" because Kevin Rowland decided that the group was not big enough to accommodate two Kevins. After the first album, Archer left the group and formed The Blue Ox Babes.