[3] Historian John W. Troutman, Curator of American Music at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, stated that the entire family moved to Laie, Oahu, Hawaii in 1919, near the Mormon Laie Hawaii Temple.

[5] At the time Tau met Madame Claude Riviere, she was a professor of the French language at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, who had traveled throughout the Asia-Pacific area.

Riviere's home adjacent to McKinley High School was partially converted in 1927 into a theatre catering to the tourist trade.

[5] Local musicians, including Tau's uncles Tauvivi, Fuifui, and Pulu, were part of her show.

In his 1990 biographical story for The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association Newsletter, Tau related how his uncle Pulu got him a $2-a-day job with Riviere to play on weekends.

The crowds soon grew to 200 attendees, and Riviere booked the show at the newly opened Royal Hawaiian Hotel.

[6] Through Moke, he met fellow steel guitar student and future wife Rose Ka‘ohu from Kohala, Hawaii.

[6] During World War II, the Moe family assisted with collections for Winterhilfswerk (Winter Help), a fund for German orphans.

Although Rose and Tau were not comfortable with meeting him, they were powerless to do anything when Hitler arranged for Lani to ride in the Winterhilfswerk parade in his state limousine.

[13] The troupe performed for international figures including Winston Churchill, Aristotle Onassis and King Farouk.

Daughter Dorian was born in Calcutta during the 1946 Bihar riots; Rose went into labor and was rushed to the hospital by the military.

[18][19] Moe was an influential pioneer of the Hawaiian steel guitar who along with his wife Rose formed the core of troupe.