The Northern Beaches-based duo is the result of a musical journey that has been anything but ordinary.

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The pair first met at Toormina High School in the ‘90s and forged a lifelong musical bond when they started their first band together.

It was in this band the two cut their teeth playing all-age parties, halls and the local live music haunts of the era on a weekly basis.

Notably different from what was on offer, the band became a true presence of the Coffs Coast music scene as a raw rag-tag garage-rock outfit before separating post-school, both leaving the area to carve out successful careers in musical acts in different parts of the country.

Over the ensuing decades Skotty and Grey remained close friends, at one point reuniting to perform over 100 dates on a six-month touring odyssey of West Australia, living in their cars and playing some of the most remote places in the country.

Back in the east, the pair returned to their separate lives and another decade passed without collaboration, until recent times when they both decided to move their families back to the Coffs Coast.

They have since formed Boss Stomp, a project they describe as “a powerhouse of musical bonds, thumping rhythms, driving slide-guitar, punchy bass-lines and cutting vocals sitting atop massive sound for just two musicians”.

Combining the raw energy of their garage rock origins with their own evolving musical experience, Boss Stomp has merged into a roots act with notable shifts into high gear.

“We’re really quite thrilled to be back in the community where our music began, but to be delivering a charged performance this Saturday evening at the region’s most iconic venue of all places – what a trip,” Skotty said.

By Andrea FERRARI