 Fox and Garel were brought together in 1991 by Richie Mayer and record producer David Bendeth, who at the time worked for BMG Canada.Fox, who had worked in musical theatre and as a back-up singer for Bon Jovi, The Payolas, and Colin James, became the lead singer.Garel was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and moved to Toronto at the age of six; awinner of the Oscar Peterson Award, she had jazz and classical voice training at Claude Watson School of the Arts, The Royal Conservatory of Music and York University.