 After the divorce of his parents, he leaves for boarding school in England in 1982.At Stowe School in Buckinghamshire, he fell on fertile ground for rock bands and met kindred minds with a taste for life.Rugby union and the bands Early Birds, Flat Hat, Crosstalk, Red Shift, Dirty Boots and Earth Hum, from 1985 to 1995, formed his ideas on friendship and loyalty.