Going home that night, I had a draft of a thrilling set list on my napkin, and a list of musicians we wanted to have on board. Strings, choir, band, singers. All friends of ours of course, and Steve Balsamo was one of them.

He sang the role of Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar, and did a flabbergasting performance at the local Værnes church at Hell Blues Festival in 1997, two days after his last 400th-performance stint at Palace Theater in London.

Complementing him would be Nathalie Lorichs, a Scandinavian natural, with a silver throat, bottle fed on Jon Lord's music. This paved the way to her life companion Martin Axenrot and his collegue Martin Mendez, the fabulous rhythm section of Opeth.

Even my son Magnus was generously invited in by Jon.  ”It would be a nice handshake to have Magnus on keyboards”, he said.

Four months later, we had four days of fun, starting with a late night BBQ with Lordy and the Opeth’s in my home garden, followed by rehearsals next day.