Adam Rafowitz

Adam Rafowitz is an up-and-coming guitarist in the progressive and fusion community. Born in 1992 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he picked up the guitar at the age of six and hasn’t looked back. He attended the Berklee College of Music and graduated in 2015 as a Guitar Performance major. His influences include artists such as Allan Holdsworth, Guthrie Govan, Return to Forever, The Yellowjackets, and many more.

In 2014, Adam gained notoriety in the music community after winning the first .strandberg* Guitars competition, having submitted his original composition, “Perpetual Motion”. He has since been endorsed as a .strandberg* Artist and has played their guitars almost exclusively since. Working with .strandberg* has been one of the highlights of his career thus far. His current main guitar is a Custom Boden 7 Trem, a beautiful instrument that he’s played daily since taking ownership.

In 2016, Adam co-founded Arch Echo, an instrumental prog-fusion band that has seen two album releases, an EP release, and great touring success worldwide. Since releasing their debut album in 2017, the band has gained a great deal of attention from the music community and began touring in early November 2017. They have has since toured with notable acts such as Plini, Vola, Tony MacAlpine, Mestis, and Periphery. Adam plans to continue working with the band and continue to grow musically with his bandmates.