OK, So Before Ritchie Blackmore Dies Of Coronavirus, What The Fuck Is Up With Blackmore's Night?

Seriously, what the actual fuck?  What is Ritchie Blackmore doing with this insanity?  The goofy outfits, the weird faux-medieval music and instruments?  Is this a long-form performance art prank?  I mean, the man is turning 75 this year and has been doing this Blackmore's Night bit since 1997!  That's commitment!  Blackmore's Night seems to be a vanity project of Candice Night, but can anyone have that magical of a pussy?  Jesus.  They perform at Renaissance fairs!  An elderly Ritchie Blackmore dresses up in a dumb costume and huge-ass curly wig and plays music at Renaissance fairs!!  I have no way to process this fucked-up version of reality, but I want the answer before Boomer Remover makes all this sort of wicked bizarre old-people shit moot.