Joost has spent his life in music both on the road and as a session-musician. Joost is well known as one of the best bass-players around. He has become well known as composer for original dressage music and he has reached world class level doing so. In 2009 he produced the famous “Totally Totilas” freestyle for Edward Gal and Moorlands Totilas, setting the world record score for a freestyle at 92,700%. A record that stood for almost 5 years. For his dressage music, Joost has worked with musicians like Wibi Sourjadi, Elton John, Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers. Joost and Jan go way back over more then 30 years. When they started composing and producing together in 2014, Bridging the Divide was born.

Jan, played in his first band ' the Next' when he was 15 years old. Pink Floyd, Queen, Herman Brood & His Wild Romance, their heroes, who they tried to imitate. Since then he never left music. Jan went through al stages, played punk with 'the Poisened Mind' , slick R'nB with Soso Skin. Eventually he spent years playing the club circuit with coverband 'Jackfruit' and in the nineties he made a very small claim to fame with rocktrio  'Garp'. Over the years Jan started to write music for others, made commercial generics, and coached starting bands.  As a music journalist  for Dutch Maxazine he keeps up to date with all the new music happening everywhere. Jan and Joost go way back over more then 30 years,  when they started composing and producing together in 2014 Bridging the Divide was born.