 Gispert and Dorio both attended The Westminster Schools in Atlanta together, but didn't start playing together until they were both at the University of Georgia in Athens.After 6 months of playing and writing together, the pair hooked up with Sullivant whom they met through mutual friends.The trio played their first gig together at the DT's Down Under Club in Athens in May 2002 and started setting up gigs in New York once a month.