Jon Bon Jovi, and his guitar, make a surprise appearance on the Asbury Park boardwalk

What are the chances of seeing Jon Bon Jovi on the Asbury Park boardwalk on a Monday?

Pretty good if you were on the boards of the city’s North Beach on May 6. The rocker and a small entourage were apparently filming a video around 7 p.m.

Kristin O’Meara of Ocean Grove made the scene with friends Meryl Hayton and Valerie Powell after she was sent a pic of Bon Jovi at the shoot.

“He looked so good in the picture I thought it was fake,” said O’Meara, who lives in Ocean Grove. “We jumped in the car, parked illegally and there was Jon Bon Jovi playing a guitar on the on the boardwalk.”

A small crowd of 10 to 12 people were watching, O’Meara said. He was lip-synching to an unreleased song, and a member of the entourage asked fans not to share video of the shoot.

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So far, fans have complied.

Bon Jovi’s vocal issues were center stage in the “Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story” documentary, which debuted April 26 on Hulu. The band hasn’t toured in two years.

 No other members of Bon Jovi were seen at the shoot. Filming wrapped on Monday about 15 minutes after O’Meara got there.

“He said, ‘OK, who wants photos?’ ” O’Meara said. “We let out a little squeal and took pictures. He was very gracious and very sweet.”

Jon Bon Jovi got his start on the Asbury Park music scene, primarily at the former Fast Lane in the late ’70s and early ’80s. The band Bon Jovi played on the Asbury Park beach in 2012 as part of the Bamboozle festival. The band filmed a closed-theater concert in April 2021 at the Paramount Theatre on the boardwalk that was shown at more then 750 drive-in theaters, outdoor venues and movie theaters across the country.

A request for comment from Bon Jovi’s rep about Monday’s shoot was not replied to by press time.