Brian was born at a very early age in Sydney, and after dabbling with various musical instruments, he settled on 12 string and 6 string acoustic, electric and bass guitars. After playing in the requisite number of school rock bands he discovered ‘folk music’ whilst listening to Chris Winter’s ‘Room to Move’ radio programme on 2BL - Sydney’s equivalent to Radio 4.

Soon after he was asked to join a new Australian bush band which eventually came to be known as Bluetongue. The band went onto become one of the most popular folk based ensembles in Sydney with residencies two nights a week in the inner suburbs and in the historic Rocks area overlooking the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The band were also at the forefront of the Bush Dance movement with regular gigs in Surrey Hills and at various other locations around New South Wales.

In 1979 Brian had an opportunity to move to England and almost immediately joined the folk rock Ceilidh outfit The Cluster of Nuts Band which was based in Guildford in Surrey. The band released one album called "Fridge in the fast lane" in 1983 which was generally well received and helped the ‘Nuts’ to break into the festival and public dance circuit in the south of England. The band was described as "the best of a strong bunch" at the Bracknell Folk Festival and over the next couple of years played at folk festivals around the UK. These were exciting times in the UK ‘folk’ music scene with new bands like Jumpleads, Tiger Moth and of course The Cluster of Nuts spearheading the Rogue Folk movement. Unfortunately, a couple of years down the road, the band split due to the various members going in different directions (geographically that is) meaning that the band was no longer viable.

After leaving the Nuts in 1985, Brian formed a new Ceilidh band called Nightwatch with his wife Alison, Ruth and Keith Whiddon and David Good. The band released an EP and a CD during its 15 years of existence as well as playing for dances at festivals, public dances and private functions around the South-east of England. As well playing with Nightwatch, he has played variously with Innocent Bystander (R'n'B), The Open Road (folk), TimeWarp (70’s rock), Double Vision (folk/funk ceilidh), Carry the Can (Folk/Rock) and ad-hoc folk and ceilidh ensembles. He even played in a Jazz Big Band for a season and was musical director for an open air production of ‘A Mid-summer Night’s Dream’ at the Queen Mother Theatre in Hitchin as well as co-writing ‘Thinking about our lives...’ with poet Bob Harding-Jones and singer/songwriter Simon Smith.

As well as performing live with his band, Brian’s current projects include a funk rock ceilidh outfit called MoonDance, a celtic roots fusion band called enQ as well as working on two shows, a sequel to "Thinking about our lives..." called "Thinking about our world..." with Bob Harding-Jones and a Australian themed show called "The Fatal Shore", both of which mix music and spoken word.