Gero couldn’t tell one note from another, but there had been songs playing in his head for almost 25 years, when finally Fabien, drinking coffee on the steps of mokamalo, heard him singing one of them softly and asked: « What’s that ? » « It’s my music, » murmured Gero and Fabien said something like: « Sounds good, let’s check it out. » That was in 2017 and the road was long and winding until Marie started playing bass and Nico caught up with them to deadhead roses in late ’22 .