"When I was ten I heard my brother play Metallica's 'Kill Them All' for the first time. I'm still listening to thrash, the new Metallica and Anthrax album and I love the band called Sikth. They play very well and very fast."

Rodrigo then turns to Gabriela "Though you don't listen to much do you?"

His question is met with a friendly slap on the shoulder and a cheery laugh from his female musical companion. Proudly Gabriela admits to currently enjoying Sting's new album 'Sacred Love'. Rodrigo then turns interviewer and asks me "What do I think of Sting?" The conversation then digresses into the world of Sting and The Police. I decide to inject a question to bring the conversation back round.What would they say was the tone of their album?

"Acoustic music," laughs Gabriela loudly. "It's all kinds of music played in an acoustic way."

In another interview Rodrigo had stated that they see themselves as "travelling and performing musicians" and that "in a live performance they want people to enjoy the music as it sounds, not for what it sounds like." Isn't that the beauty of the acoustic guitar that it is mobile and it makes the music more important?

"If I play the acoustic guitar I find it more easy to connect with people," begins Gabriela. "I do kind of feel more intimate because you can share something with people." The room falls quiet, it was a moment of seriousness that even Gabriela realises. "What the fuck?" she laughs.

The duo has received critical acclaim over recent past gigs, particularly as Damien Rice's special guests for his sell out Union Chapel gig and later at the Shepherd Bush Empire. Gabriela admits that they never expected such a reaction. When they left Mexico they were close to signing to a major label, however they had other ideas. "After eight years of trying to make it as a Mexican heavy metal band it gets a bit tiring," admits Rodrigo. >>