Noel McKoys vocal versatility & dexterity is borne of countless fond moments in the company of great & popular soul, funk, jazz & reggae practitioners from American classics to Stevie Wonder, The Isley Brothers, to Britains own Soul II Soul, Aswad, Junior Giscombe and Loose Ends. The indelible mark these talents have left on his soul is evidenced on songs such as Highways of My Life, Living For The City, Old Skool.

His cultural heritage is an African diasporic mix - Jamaican, American & English. Consequently, Noel would first come to prominence in 1989, as the vocal frontman of the huge acid-jazz cult, The James Taylor Quartet (aka JTQ). They toured the world and had global club hits with songs such as, Love The Life, See A Brighter Day and the platinum selling, long player, Supernatural Feeling (Big Life Records). Further acid-jazz collaborations occurred when Noel teamed up with Snowboy (JTQ, Lisa Stansfield etc) on Lucky Fellow. Part of a large, musical and chart-topping family, Noel enjoyed further fame in the early 90s, when he and his siblings, decided to collaborate and bolster the family rep, with the eponymously named group, 'McKoy'. The band comprised of his sister, Junette and brothers Cornell and Robin. They released 'I'm Lucky', 'Family' and the album Full Circle (Gut Records) to critical acclaim throughout the specialist urban press. As a solo artist, his song Five Good Reasons featured in the thriller Bad Company, starring Laurence Fishburne (Whats Love Got To Do With It, Matrix) & Ellen Barkin (Big Easy & Oceans Thirteen).