Toshihiko Takamizawa is best known as the guitarist from the popular Japanese group, The Alfee. Takamizawa formed the group with three friends in 1973 while studying at Meiji Gakuin University.

Richard Thompson first found fame as a teenage years founding member of 1960's pioneering folk-rockers Fairport Convention. Since then he has worked in a duo with his then-wife, Linda Thompson, then over 20 years as a solo artist, also scoring films. Richard Thompson's body of work includes over 40 albums.