By now, Chennai is getting to know pianist Anil Srinivasan and vocalist Sikkil Gurucharan.
Better still, getting a feel of their music. A western classical pianist who has also attended Carnatic music lessons and a third-generation Carnatic musician who is not shy of going beyond the sabha stage.
Anil and Gurucharan have performed at a dozen concerts perhaps.
And so, the concert on Sunday, November 11, at The Music Academy for the annual The Hindu's Friday Review Music Festival was an opportunity for people who had read and heard about the duo's music to listen to them live.
It wasn't a packed house at the Academy. But lots of people who sat through the entire concert seemed to love it.
And you got an indication of it from the quick sales of the new album of the duo called - Maaya: The Colour of Rain, produced by Charsur.
"The music is so soothing," said one.
"The words are so distinct and the lyrics so clear," said another.
"Please tell Gurucharan that!" said Charsur's promoter Charubala.
Anil and Gurucharan, who went to the same school and college (Vidya Mandir and Vivekananda College in Mylapore) came together a couple of years ago to collaborate.
Since then they have worked with dancer Anita Ratnam and cut their first album, 'Madhirakshi' (Charsur).
It has taken time for their music to sink in. But not everyone is enamoured by it.