 He has also worked as a producer and songwriter on Bob Catley's first three solo albums and more recently on Serpentine's third studio album, "Circle Of Knives".He has also produced Hugo's first album and has appeared on Vinny Burns' "The Journey" solo album and on the "Ayreonauts Only" album by the band Ayreon.Gary Hughes started playing guitar when he was nine years old and claimed as a schoolboy at Sale Boys' Grammar School to have composed Stairway to Heaven.