Gareth (or Gaz), joined the 7th North Staffs BB in 1986, this company had a marching band which consisted of members from both the 7th North Staffs and the 3rd North Staffs companies, and because he'd been playing drums at school, it was the next logical step to join the BB band. He continued on the snare drum for around 5 years (including a stint on tenors).

In 1992, Gaz and a few friends created a 'Pop band' which had its' base at the local youth club. Gaz played drums and dabbled with keyboard parts until around 1995. In fact Gaz was very active and immersed himself totally into anything he did back in his youth.

After 'calling it a day' with the BB band in order to dedicate his time to college in 1995, he was introduced to the world of 'Drum Corps', and in 1996 Gaz got involved with a new corps called the Biddulph Drum & Trumpet Corps. Unfortunately, for financial reasons, this corps wasn't able to compete and Gaz did 3 years on snare drum with them before they folded in 1999.

In September 2002, Gaz joined the Stafford Lancers as a tenors player and remained for around 12 months.

In October 2003, Gareth joined the Staffordshire Knights mainly because of a closer proximity to home, but also for the challenge of getting a new younger corps off the ground.

In October 2005 after 2 years of dedication, Gaz became a valued member of the SK instructional team.