Some people only dream of this in a song

I've done my share of traveling to see bands, but I can't imagine going all the way to New Zealand, like Ian Robertson did to see Sneaky Feelings.

For those who don't know Ian, he's the guitarist for the Bye Bye Blackbirds who's been playing with Bradley (the unnamed "bandmate" the article credits for introducing Ian to Sneaky Feelings) since their days in Belle da Gama and Yuji Oniki's band. And for those who don't know Sneaky Feelings, they were a New Zealand band from the 1980s who took their name from an Elvis Costello song and their sound from his pub rock forefathers Nick Lowe and Graham Parker. They were a bit out of step with the other bands on the Flying Nun label, mostly unknown outside of NZ, and broke up right before the other Dunedin bands started gaining fame and notoriety. They reformed this year to play the Dunedin Heritage Festival and Ian Robertson flew all the way to Dunedin to see them. Which I think is very cool.