Rudi Wairata

[4] Along with George de Fretes he was a prominent musician in the genre of Hawaiian steel guitar music.

[6] He learned to play steel guitar by listening to Sol Ho'opi'i and Andy Iona records.

There he worked to improve his steel guitar skills while studying, amongst others from George de Fretes.

[1] In 1949, his vocal group, a quartet called the Raindrops, along with the Jos Cleber Orchestra were broadcast on Radio Batavia.

[10] In 1957, RCA released "Rock and Roll and Breezes" backed with "Mahalani Papado," credited to Rudi Wairata & His Hawaiian Minstrels.

[14] The Kilima Hawaiians toured American service bases, after which Wairata remained in Germany.