1. What led to the formation of Soulmate? Do you guys idolise anyone?
Soulmate was formed in Shillong in October 2002 when Tips (Tipriti Kharbangar) and me decided to form a band dedicated to playing Blues and spreading awareness about this important genre of music. As far as the choice of genre is concerned, I feel we didn’t choose Blues, it chose us. We don’t idolise anyone but we are very inspired by a whole lot of musicians and artistes.

Rudy Wallang (left) with bandmate Tipriti Kharbangar