  The attempt to secure conclusive, spectroscopic evidence for the GRB/SN
connection has been a central theme in most GRB observing time proposals since
the discovery of the very unusual GRB980425 associated with the peculiar type
Ib/c SN1998bw. GRB030329 provided this evidence to everybody's satisfaction. In
this contribution we show the results of a spectroscopic campaign of the
supernova associated with GRB030329 carried out at ESOs Very Large Telescope.
We also present preliminary results from a photometric and spectroscopic
campaign targeting the X-ray Flash of July 23.
