When living in London, they began performing together in a folk rock style as "Hereward & Friends" at clubs including Bunjies, and were mentored by Alexis Korner.
[1] After adopting their new name of Café Society, they won a residency at the Troubadour Club where they were heard by Ray Davies.
He signed them to his record label, Konk, and produced their self-titled 1975 album, together with fellow Kinks Dave Davies and John Gosling.
Hereward Kaye released a solo album, Golden Mile, in 1980; he was later a member of the Flying Pickets, and the lyricist for the 1992 stage musical Moby Dick.
[3] In the mid-1980s, Nick South was in Time UK which also featured Danny Kustow from the then-defunct Tom Robinson Band.