Great listens, thanks Steve. Always good to hear about inspirations and people's journeys into music. It's amazing what directions people take you quite unintentionally just by virtue of being your parents playing records or tapes in the car, or mates handing you a mix tape/CD or recommending stuff down the HMV or equivalent.
I do miss that but it's nice to see the spirit of that still alive in youtube and spotify links flying around on subreddits and discord and forums.
I love that Alessio was a no-brainer
with a talent like that it really must have been like striking gold - and netting a supreme shredder like Andrea too wow unbelievable!