cgtrio. Paul Richards of Salty Lake Metropolis, Utah, Bert Lams of Brussels, Belgium, plus Hideyo Moriya of Tokyo, Japan first met in England at one of Robert Fripp's Guitar Skill Courses in 1987. After completing more than a few of these intensive courses, the three toured worldwide by means of Fripp's League of Cunning Guitarists. By means of a whirlwind of instrumental styles fusing classical, rock, blues, jazz, world melody, bluegrass, as well as the quintessential California musical genre waves music, the California Guitar Trio's stunning intelligence and sly sense of humor contain earned them a rabid following and wide notoriety, with significant crossover in the progressive, acoustic and classical music scenes.