He studied at the Royal Academy of Music, and was also appointed organist of St Andrew’s Church in Stoke Newington.

Gosling's first band, The Challengers, was formed after he and a friend heard the Kinks doing ‘Long Tall Sally’ at a Club.

[6] According to Gosling in the 2000s, he still had a good relationship with the Kinks members he worked with, although he hadn't spoke to Dave Davies since his departure.

Gosling said he had "responded to Ray’s interview a bit hot-headedly - he seemed to infer that one occasion I couldn’t finish a track because I was drunk, and that upset me.

In 1994, Gosling founded The Kast Off Kinks, alongside former band members Mick Avory, Jim Rodford and John Dalton.