Learning to play while living in his native Albania, Brian was a folk fixture in his home country playing under the name Rakip Muhaxhiri. Moving to Australia to discover life and music in the west, he found a natural link between Albanian folk music and country and western music.

Brian had an upturn in fortune of late, with most of his extended family finally being given Australian residency after years of fighting with the cash-strapped immigration department. His financial and immigration worries were recently ended with the setting up of the "Power Pilot Pyramid Banking Scheme". Although the bank only lasted some four months before its collapse, it was long enough for Brian's initial investment of all the band gear to not only be repaid, but with 197% interest!

Recently, Brian's import/export business has taken off in a big way, with much of his time spent visiting his native land overseeing the transportation of "tractor parts".