Rishte is a collaboration from the minds of Najma Akhtar and Gary Lucas. Longtime fans of each other’s work, they decided to collaborate on a project after meeting in London in May of 2007. They each enjoy the challenge of collaborating with other musicians, having worked with some of the biggest names in music; Akhtar with Ian Anderson, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant and Andy Summers; Lucas with Jeff Buckley, Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) and most recently Chris Cornell, to name a few. The fusion of influences and musical styles that Akhtar and Lucas have brought to this partnership has created something wonderfully unique.