As they prepare to embark on their first tour in six years, the E Street Band reflect on the “responsibility” they feel to deliver on the sort of energetic, virtuosic shows they’ve built their reputation on.

“People would expect musicians in their 70s to play that loping thing, which is unfortunate,” drummer Max Weinberg bemoans of a sluggish early rehearsal. “We had to recall some of that manic, out-of-control way we played 50 years ago. Really get back to where we were.”

But Disney+ / Hulu’s Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band is no deluded attempt to deny the passage of time. Directed by Thom Zimny — who over the past quarter-century has worked on countless films and music videos for the Boss, including the 2018 Netflix special Springsteen on Broadway — the documentary is as much a celebration of what’s changed about the group as what hasn’t,...