It won't be the last we see of the talented trio, however.
"When we come back we'll be just as good if not better."
The "On Another Note" tour, kicking off February 27 in Nelson and including a show at Taradale's Pettigrew Green Arena on March 2, will showcase the very best of Sol3 Mio.
"The audience will hear the journey."
The tour will double as the debut of their new album.
Moses, Pene and Amitai grew up in Auckland but did not meet until a music class at University.
"I'm from the north of Auckland and they are from the south.
"I walked into the class and saw these brown faces and naturally went and sat next to them," Moses said.
The three started talking and made the connection that they were related.
They wanted to further their studies at the International Academy Of Voice in Wales and all three were accepted.
"It was going to cost $120 grand to get us over there ... I had $100 in my pocket," Moses said.
So the trio started fundraising through concerts to make it happen.
A group of representatives approached them but they held off, wanting to complete their study.
Moses said they kept emailing and calling so after a year they thought "let's just do it".
O Sole Mio, was the first song the group sung as a trio.
The popular 1898 Neapolitan song means "my sunshine."
"We twisted it because 'Sole' in Samoan is slang for brother so for us the meaning is my brothers ... then we just used a three to be fancy."
One of the biggest objectives of Sol3 Mio was to confront and breakdown the stereotypes that exist in the opera industry.
"Opera is seen as a high class snobby scene that only older people can listen to, but it's a truly beautiful art form."
Part of Sol3 Mio's popularity can be attributed to their ability to connect with the audience with their trademark charm and sense of humour.
"It's just us being us, people that go into opera think they need to be a certain way, or speak or act a certain way.
"If you want to find me on the weekends I'm out fishing man, I love boxing and going out for a few drinks with my brothers."
Moses said he thinks that's what people connect with.
"When people see us on stage we are the same, they don't just hear the music, they see three guys on stage just enjoying themselves."
He said their relationship was close, not just as a family but musically.
"The three of us really understand each other. Most of the time we're just taking the mickey out of each other."
Recording of the second album, coincided with the Rugby World Cup.
The three are rugby fanatics and decided they wanted to give a song to the All Blacks to "fire them up".
The trio had just come back from The Hobbit premier so they decided to put a Kiwi flavour on Ed Sheeran's I See Fire.
"We gifted it to the boys and they loved it," Moses said.
"We were talking to (Ma'a) Nonu, and he said before they ran out in the final they were listening to that song to get them up."
It was performed to the team when they first landed in London and as they arrived back in New Zealand with the Cup.
Moses walked, or rather hobbled away from a promising rugby career.
The former North Harbour openside flanker had a bad run with injuries on the footy field.
"Everytime I'd leave the rugby field I'd have some sort of niggle, I dislocated my knee in one game. I had to have surgery and when I was training to come back I just wasn't fully confident in my body so I veered away to focus on music.
He has a number of musical influences and is hard pressed to name his favourite song.
"I See Fire is pretty cool, our version, but I'm a bit biased."
As a youngster, Moses religiously listened to Elvis, Stevie Wonder, The Rat Pack, Michael Buble, Michael Bolton and Celine Dion.
He is still humbled by some of the situations he finds himself in.
During a recent recording at Capital Records in Los Angeles, the three got to sing on the microphone that Frank Sinatra recorded his first album on and enjoyed a jam on Nat King Cole's piano.
Sol3 Mio — On Another Note Tour
• Pettigrew Green Arena, Napier.
• Wednesday March 2, 8pm.
• Tickets available at eventfinda.co.nz or phone 0800 842 538.
