I discovered Porcupine Tree fairly late in the day. A friend of a friend used to be in a band with Mr Wilson and got us on the guest list to see them at The Junction in Cambridge on the Fear of a Blank Planet tour. I didn't know them, but liked the songs I found on Youtube. It was a good gig. I think Amplifier were the support. In theory we could have gone to the afterparty, but my friend wanted to get home. So I missed meeting him.

I don't have all the PT albums. I need to get more of them. I enjoyed his solo work, but didn't see him until Hand Cannot Erase. That was also in Cambridge at the Corn Exchange for the first gig of the tour. Seats were row 5, but that turned out to be the front one, with Guthrie towering over us. My other half enjoyed it, despite the high volume, but she hasn't listened to his albums. When he played the Albert Hall she suggested we go again. That was also a great show with Dave Kilminster on guitar, but Guthrie did a song and Gavin Harrison came on for a PT song at the end.

I feel more of a connection with his music than most other artists. It moves me.