Martin Winch

He would later tell that as a young boy he became so obsessed with his younger brother Rob's guitar, that he couldn't simply put it down.

In a buoyant NZ music scene of the 1970s, 1980s and much of the 1990s, Winch played in club bands, backed international artists such as Randy Crawford, Shirley Bassey, Elaine Paige, and Roger Whittaker,[3] made orchestral calls, concerts, soundtracks and commercial recording and teaching – all the while writing and recording his own material.

[4] Winch played with an array of blues, pop and jazz artists from New Zealand and abroad, toured with musicals such as Chicago, Jesus Christ Superstar and My Fair Lady, lent his fine touch to hundreds of local albums and jammed with Nigel Kennedy[5] Winch's most famous album, Espresso Guitar sold over 80,000 copies in New Zealand alone.

[6] Musical arrangement was done by another famous New Zealand musician, Pianist Carl Doy[7] who also produced it.

[8] Espresso Guitar enjoyed the number 1 spot on the NZ charts for several weeks, and found wider popularity in Australia and Asia.