Paulus Schäfer (born 31 March 1978) is a guitarist, composer, and arranger from the Netherlands.

[1] A member of the Dutch Sinti-Romani, he considers Django Reinhardt his idol.

[4][5] He replaced Jimmy Rosenberg as the leader of the band Gipsy Kids.

Soon after the release of this album, Jozua Rosenberg left the group to concentrate on flamenco guitar and was replaced by Rinus Steinbach.

In 2006, while recording Desert Fire, Steinbach was replaced by Noah Schafer.