[1] So-To has said his influences were Nick Heyward from Haircut One Hundred and Brian McKnight and he cut his teeth in an Earth, Wind & Fire tribute band during his college days.
was released in February 2000 and the group, who dubbed their music "Funky Soul,[1]" followed it up with two more albums by the end of 2003.
The duo resumed in 2007 with acoustic live shows and released Balcony in 2009, followed by a digital-only single Boku wa Wasurenai on HearJapan.
Feeling the need to celebrate a ten-year anniversary, the duo stepped up their activities with live dates in Osaka and Tokyo in June 2009.
[1] The duo have stated that their goal is a performance on UK music TV show Later... with Jools Holland.