stage 2 of michael prain (drums) and andrew wilson’s (vocals / guitar) attempt to take over new zealand rock, rawer succeeded the rockquest winning carriage h (who wilson has since gone on record describing as ’embarrassing’) by adding bassist ricky french. based out of dunedin, rawer built a strong following, even gaining some fans nationwide. but as with carriage h before them, rawer soon split up – with the core unit of prain and wilson moving to auckland and forming