2010, Kiko Loureiro is from San Paulo, Brazil and is well known as the lead guitarist from the progressive metal band Angra. He began his musical studies at the age of eleven and has never stopped evolving both as a musician and as a composer. He studied with Mozart Mello and played with various local groups before joining Angra at the age of nineteen. During his live work with Angra, Kiko always found the time to highlight his musicianship by giving guitar clinics or workshops around the world. Kiko Loureiro is a very gifted musician and composer. Although his latest works UNIVERSO INVERSO and FULL BLAST are heavily influenced with jazz fusion with latin stylistic elements he still has strong ties to metal genre.