Werner Bonthuys

After completing a degree in Software Engineering, he moved to England where he completed a degree in Contemporary Popular Music at the Academy of Contemporary Music. 

It is during this period that he attended master classes by Jennifer Batten (Michael Jackson), Mike Stern, Martin Ivor Kent (Skunk Anansie) and Chad Smith (Red Hot Chilli Peppers). 

Amongst his tutors were Pete Friesen (Alice Cooper), Mike Goodman (Guitar Techniques), John Idan (Yardbirds) and Giorgio Serci (International Jazz Awards). 

Returning to South Africa he settled in Cape Town where he teaches Guitar and works as a Performing and Recording Artist and Writer.