In beam y-ray spectroscopic studies of 'Mo (up to -A, 6 MeV) and Nb (up tofi, 6.5 MeV) are reported using fusion evaporation reactions with Si, Si beams and enriched target of Zn. The level schemes are well described by spherical shell-model calculations involving neutrons and protons in 1g9/2 and 2p&z& orbitals. The experimentally determined transition probabilities are in reasonable agreement with single particle transition probabilities (Weisskopf estimates).PACS number(s): 23.20.Lv, 23.20.En, 21.60.Cs, 27.50.+ e