article in Escape Magazine, like Crummer, Jon Jonassen and Jake Numanga, they are considered pioneers.
[10] By 1964, they had at least two albums issued on Viking, they were Rarotonga Calling and Passion Flower, details of which appeared in the Pacific Islands Monthly magazine.
[11] The line up at the time of their Rarotonga Calling release consisted of Pepe, Sonny Terei, Nat Mara, Charles Carlson and Mark Anton.
[14] In 1973, Siren Songs Of The South Seas, credited to Pepe & Her Rarotongans, was released on the Olympic Records label.
[citation needed] In the early 1980s, Sonny was teaching music and assisting the choir at the Titikaveka Cook Islands Christian Church, after having approached by the Rev Teariki Vaerua.
In 1984, on a fundraising trip, and under the leadership of Bishop Pere (then known as Rev Tutai), Sonny and Pepe toured New Zealand with the Titikaveka CICC choir.
[17] In 2011, one of Pepe, and Sonny's compositions, "Tama Ine" appeared on Will Crummer's Shoebox Love Songs compilation, released on the Ode label.