Foghorn

"I think Tom and I are quite different and we have many musical disagreements and I think you could even say that there was a musical friction between us. I think Nick Eagles sort of listens bemused when we have our little disagreements you see! Tom and I are brothers but we are very different brothers you see- if you look at us- we don't really look the same and we have different record collections- but I think there's a real appreciation of what each other likes if you know what I mean."

What is the best thing, then, about being in a band with your brother?

"Well Tom is a really good drummer, Tom is a brilliant drummer and that's what I love about it and when it's good it's good, it's really damn good. Tom is inclined towards more straight-out funk and hip-hop sort of feels and you sort of have to ask nicely if you want Tom to play jazz, but when he gets into it, he's a killer."

Your brother is a drummer and you're a sax player. So why did you pick the saxophone as an instrument?

"It just was a really appealing instrument, a really appealing sound. I started nagging the parents to help me get a sax when I was maybe 11 or 12 and I was lucky enough that they got behind it. I was also lucky enough to go to a school where there was a really good sax teacher and a great music department. Also, I lived in the same street as a guy called Ben Holmes (who actually used to play with Nathan Haines for a while), and I who I consider my favourite sax player in NZ. He doesn't really play so much anymore, but I'd walk up the street as a 12, 13 year old and just hear Ben Holmes going crazy in his bedroom and it's that kind of thing which really sticks with you."

So how is Foghorn different from you've done before musically?

"Nothing I've ever done musically is ever the same as anything else if you know what I mean? Our goal with Foghorn so far is to get a set or two together and be able to perform in front of anybody and have a crowd go from a disinterested bunch of drinkers to an appreciative jazz audience. You can turn just about any crowd into

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