Troy Kingi is a man on a well-documented mission, creating ten albums in ten different genres, over the course of ten years for his 10:10:10 project.

Through this project, Troy has carved a remarkable reputation for musical versatility.

In August, he released album number 8 in the project, Leatherman & the Mojave Green, a rock album that has brought him back to his roots.

Before getting to work on his final two albums, Kingi has found the time to squeeze in a tour of New Zealand.

Leatherman was recorded in Joshua Tree, a national park in California, and Kingi told Jack Tame that the choice to record there was him trying to rekindle the flame that got him into the industry in the first place.

“I was at a point where I was questioning all my directions, and back in the beginning, I’d just write for the loving of writing and things would flow the way they’d flowed. And I felt like I kind of lost that,” he told Tame.

“So actually going back to a genre of style that is probably the core of who I am, it was timely, it was like, perfect timing.”

He’s been touring the album around New Zealand since its release, with more shows still to come in Christchurch, Hamilson, Tauranga, Napier, and Gisborne.

More info on shows and tickets can be found here.

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