Ricky Romain formally trained to play Indian classical music between1972 and 1977. From 1972-75, he was taught to play the Sitar by Punita Gupta. From 1975-77, he continued to learn under the supervision of Bengali sitar player P. Gunguly and has subsequently taught himself to play the Surbahar(bass Sitar).

Ricky has performed regularly throughout the West Country and Nationally. He has also been involved in a wide variety of collaborations and recordings with Classical Indian musicians. In addition he has worked with practitioners from other musical and artistic genres including Jazz, Rock, Folk, World and Classical Music, Dance, and Movement. Ricky was a founder member of Jazz fusion group Na-Da and the world fusion band Dhani.

"....Ricky Romain's deeply felt and joyfully inspired sitar playing..." - East Meets West After an open air performance

"...The brilliant sitar of Ricky Romain in duet with Jon Sterckx's tabla wizardry was a first class example of musicians "playing off" each other..." - Colin Sell.

Click here to listen to recordings of Ricky & Jon with the band Dhani