Eric managed to get into Westminster School mainly because of his language skills. There he met Chris Hales who at the age of 13 who was into accoustic guitar, James Lascelles who was a keyboard player and drummer, and Adam Sieff who was a guitarist. Also at the school was Stephen Lipson, the Producer, Malcolm Bowden a writer / lyricist, and Patrick Quirke, a bass player. Befriended by Adam Sieff, another player was introduced named Mike Sheppard, who was at St Paul’s school, played a vital role in Eric’s music as a friend, bass player and producer. Stephen Lipson produced tracks for Eric before he became famous for producing Frankie Goes to Hollywood/ Simple Minds/ Annie Lennox.etc. One of the tracks that Stephen produced was a track called “Poverty Line”, co-written by Stephen, Malcolm and Eric, and recorded at Ridge Farm, a state of the art studio that had spawned Gerry Rafferty, the Beat and many other great bands. Through Stephen’s connections with Hugh Murphy the producer of Gerry Rafferty, Raph Ravenscroft, the sax player on Gerry’s “Baker St”, was introduced to the team that composed the players on “Poverty Line”. This single was released in the 80’s and introduced Eric to the airwaves having been play-listed by BBC Radio 1 and 2.