Pianist Nick Braee and Chris Green only met this week - but soon they'll be touring the Waikato performing playwright Mervyn Thompson's Coaltown Blues performance.
Nick Braee will be accompanying Chris Green playing the piano while Mr Green sings and performs - solo.
Mr Green says the play tells the story of Mervyn Thompson growing up on the West Coast in Runanga in the 1980's during the depression.
"It's his family story, it's his childhood story. He talks about his mother and father and his two little sisters and his schoolmates, and his teacher, and all of the people when he started working, so it's all of those stories."
Mr Green says the themes are "pretty dark", but family violence and political turmoil are still relevant today.