Critics hailed him as a local guitar hero and vocally compared him with Sting. At 17, he was asked to do session guitar work for the country's most successful producer, Terence "Tully" Mccullagh. At just 18 years of age, he was invited to play as the opening band in The Cape Town Rock Festival at Green Point Stadium before an audience of 20000 people.

Sessions, Recordings and Concerts with:

Kevin "Caveman" Shirley (producer: Aerosmith, Journey, Led Zeppelin/Jimmy Page, HIM, The Darkness, The Black Crowes, Joe Bonamassa, Dream Theater, Iron Maiden, Rush and Silverchair), Brian Davidson (Freedom´s Children feat. Trevor Rabin/YES), Duncan Faure (Bay City Rollers), Les Warner (The Cult, Julian Lennon), Jeff Jacobs (Foreigner, Billy Joel), Rick Melick (Joe Bonamassa), Carmine Rojas (David Bowie, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Joe Bonamassa), Sir Waldo Weathers (James Brown, Michael Jackson), Joe Berger ("The Who", John Entwhistle, Jack Bruce, Billy Cobham, Doug Wimbish), Billy Goodman (Jefferson Aeroplane, The Hooters, The Goodman Brothers), Clifford Adams (Kool and the Gang), Jonathan Butler (Billy Ocean, Nathalie Cole, Marcus Miller), Jethro Butow (Cliff Richard, Jerry Springer Show), Sandy Robbie (Clout with the worldwide No.-1-Hit "Substitute"), Neil Sebba (drummer of "The Fran Drescher Show" on Fox Television), Birelli Lagrene (Al di Mèola, Jaco Pastorius), Dennis Pickett (Shirley Bassey, Otis Redding, Sammy Davis jun., The Rolling Stones)...

In Germany, Roland has played and worked with the band members of James Brown, Chaka Khan, Paul Young, Stone The Crow, Culture Beat, Milli Vanilli, Herbert Grönemeyer Band, Westernhagen, Söhne Mannheims/Xavier Naidoo, No Angels, Laith Al Dean, The Busters, Farin Urlaub, The Jazz Pistols...

Roland also performed as the Supporting Act for a Tour with the U.S.-Band Hot Chocolate and Boney M...

Achievements:

Roland was featured on the No.-1-Album "The Voice" with Zayn Adam, including the album-tour, video-clips and television shows. The Hit Single "You´ve got to Live" was No. 1 on the South-African-Charts... The members of the U.S.-Multi-Platinum and Grammy-Award-winning-band Toto, rewarded Roland's songwriting abilities with a Top Ten position in the European Sony Music Awards...

Television:

Roland has appeared and performed on South African Television (SABC, M-Net) and on the German Television Networks ZDF, WDR, SWR and Sat.1....

Music Critics:

The German Press and Music Critics have given his concerts rave reviews. To quote some of them: "A guitar virtuoso"; "Licenced to kill"; "Hendrix would have loved him"; "He has won the hearts of his audiences"; "Last year, he was the supporting act. This year he's the headliner"; "The audience would not let him leave the stage, even after the third curtain call!"; "He already has a big following in the region"; "His fans are waiting anxiously for an album release"; "Sounds like hit material"; "Music critics agree - a brilliant guitarist, singer and songwriter"...

Roland is currently producing his debut Solo album.