He tells Double Stop: "I came from a very musical family - both my parents are classical musicians, so they had me on cello and piano at an early age. All that gave me a solid foundation to build on but I wasn't really into the concept of playing music until I started rock guitar aged 11.

"I heard AC/DC and I was like, 'Wow, that's really cool.' I think a lot of people my age heard rock music when they were growing up and it was part of their upbringing, but it really wasn't for me as my parents listened to nothing but classical.