This Friday, Clarence Adoo will be returning to the stage to perform with Royal Northern Sinfonia again for the first time in 25 years.
It may be even longer - "it might be 27 years, I can't remember!" says the musician of his absence from the world-class local orchestra which was the reason he had moved to the North East in the first place.
The professional trumpet player came to the North East in 1992 to take up a job with what was then Northern Sinfonia, before it received its 'royal' title, and he has lived in Newcastle ever since.
