studied guitar performance at the Musicians Institute in LA, where he met his long-time friend and Seeker Becomes Seer’s cofounder, Bruno Martins. A match made in heaven, Rodrigo’s savviness with the strings, lends the axe-wilding duo with a distinctively soulful, Blues-flavored complexion.

However artful his style may be, Rodrigo’s playing truly excels at what his heart craves the most: spawning one larger-than-life riff after another.

Striving to match both the God-tier tightness of thrash legend James Hetfield, and the devilish grooviness of NOLA-icon Dimebag Darrell, Rodrigo possesses that quintessential heavy metal flair: commanding versatility with restrain, never letting virtuosity outshine heartiness nor horse-power.