“I remember thinking, ‘Don’t panic, maybe he’ll come over’”: How a chance encounter at a guitar store led to Leo Abrahams becoming Brian Eno’s right-hand guitar man

Brian Eno and Leo Abrahams.

From Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker to Imogen Heap, Regina Spector and Brian Eno, English guitarist and producer Leo Abrahams has worked with an intriguing cast of artists.

While it was Heap who gave him his break – Abrahams joined her touring band while he was still studying at the Royal Academy of Music – it was his work with regular U2 collaborator Eno that saw him truly break the mold. The story of how they met has since become the stuff of legend.