We consider the relative Bruce-Roberts number µ − BR (f, X) of a function on an isolated hypersurface singularity (X, 0). We show that µ − BR (f, X) is equal to the sum of the Milnor number of the fibre µ(f −1 (0) ∩ X, 0) plus the difference µ(X, 0) − τ (X, 0) between the Milnor and the Tjurina numbers of (X, 0). As an application, we show that the usual Bruce-Roberts number µ BR (f, X) is equal to µ(f ) + µ − BR (f, X). We also deduce that the relative logarithmic characteristic variety LC(X) − , obtained from the logarithmic characteristic variety LC(X) by eliminating the component corresponding to the complement of X in the ambient space, is Cohen-Macaulay.