Upon leaving home at seventeen, Inoke pursued further education in London, England in 1966. Unfortunately (or not), that's where music first took center stage in his life, much to his parents' dismay. Finally, the music that never had much of a forum for release in his native Fiji, was now unabashedly in display - and as with many young startups in the business, the process was often not pretty. Whether as a consequence, or in spite of his new found freedom for musical expression, his attempts to heed his parents' strong advice to return to his studies, did not take. There simply was no way of putting this genie back.

He left London in 1970, and with various musicians and different venues, toured southern Europe for the next six years. Then from Spain, he came to the US in 1975 through his good friend, the late Bob Grant, an Australian entertainer whom he met in Beirut in the early seventies. Bob married an American girl in Beirut and had moved to the US in 1973.

The musical influences that have shaped and developed Inoke's unique soul for music are as varied as the Artists as well as Cultures he has been exposed to. From the 50s and early 60s Rock, Rhythm & Blues mixed with some old fashioned Country music - that a little transistor radio would provide on a weekly hit-parade in Fiji, the Soul music, Rock and Reggae of London in the late 60s, the Cultural rhythms of Cyprus, Lebanon and Spain in the early to mid 70s, to the Funk, Jazz, Blues (and everything else) of various US cities from the late 70s to the present.

Beneath it all is a foundation that is his own. A blend of all of the above - but especially and primarily the melodic rhythms of the music of Fiji, where Inoke was born and raised.

"For as long as I can remember, I've been of the opinion that the best place I've ever been to is the next place I go to. That is, I now realize, until you find 'your place'; sometimes that's not too far from where you started. It's taken me this long to learn to embrace who I am and what I bring to the party... instead of always striving for that other sound or style. However long it takes, never settle for anything less... than 'your place'."

Which brings us to his true bedrock, which would be his wife and family... but first and foremost, is his faith in God. His parents being strong Christian believers, Inoke grew up in the faith - even though he never took it to heart until later in life. But it was enough that when he left home as a teenager, it was with a faith-base that would serve to protect and rein him in when the world came knocking. Didn't stop him though, from making blunders that he's not proud of... "but the love of a merciful and forgiving God kept me from going over the edge".