Boi Akih is a jazz/world music trio based in Amsterdam, Netherlands and composed of Monica Akihary on vocals, Niels Brouwer on guitar.
Niels Brouwer studied at the Hilversums Conservatorium (Conservatorium van Amsterdam) Monica Akihary is a graduate of visual arts studies in Amsterdam and Yogyakarta (Akademi Seni Rupa).
Akihary writes and sings in her father's native language, which has been regarded as moribund.
Since 1998 Brouwer and Akihary have been working with Dutch and Australian linguists who study Haruku language.
[2] They invited gamelan musician Made Subandi to perform on Philosophy of Love (2010).