Exhibit 23(a)



                      Consent of Independent Accountants


To The Board of Directors
BankBoston Corporation

We consent to the incorporation by reference, in this registration statement of
BankBoston Corporation on Form S-3 of our report dated January 15, 1998 on our
audits of the consolidated financial statements of BankBoston Corporation and
Subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 1997 included in the Corporation's 1997
Annual Report to Stockholders and in Exhibit 13 to the Corporation's 1997 Annual
Report on Form 10-K. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the
caption "Experts."

The consolidated financial statements of BayBanks, Inc. for the year ended
December 31, 1995, prior to the restatement for the 1996 pooling of interests,
included in the 1995 restated consolidated financial statements. We audited the
combination of the accompanying consolidated statements of income, changes in
stockholders' equity and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 1995, after
restatement for the 1996 pooling of interests; in our opinion, such consolidated
financial statements have been properly combined on the basis described in Note
2 to the financial statements.



                          PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP



Boston, Massachusetts
November 16, 1998