" With this, his debut solo recording, Tavares limns that part of the mind veiled beyond the grasp of pure reason where shadowy memories and painterly images circle, endlessly informing every tick and gesture of what we are.

"Cipher" is a tale of curiosity and the humbling discovery of a shifting nether world, alternately imbued with eerie grace and awesome surges of the mindless and the faux. It is a homemade legend of crudely rendered symbols gathered along a labyrinthine walk in the dark. In 2004 a second recording entitled “Postcard Angels” was made with an uglier and punkier feel with a tight and more aggressive trio called The THiNS featuring Brian Dudla [Plastic Nebraska] on drums and AJ Strauss [The Sutras] on upright bass. Support on the road for this recording has been mostly solo with performed loop arrangements (very enthusiastically received at CBGBs). Full-blown trio performances have thus far made only Ithaca, NY home—yet to rave reviews, nearly covering all production costs with regular shows during and after the recording process, working much of the material from “Cipher” into the set and culminating in a smash Grass Roots Festival show. Writing credits go to AJ on the fifth track “Pouring Out,” a favorite among home fans, yet there was so much collaboration on all material that really THiNS arranging and rehearsal often blurred into co-writing. Currently Tavares plays with a new duo called Powder the Moon featuring Lora Pendleton on upright bass and vocals. They cover some THiNS material and much of the material from "Cipher." Tavares says this about that record: "I was inspired to record a solo CD when my friend, Sri Priya Sundararajan started bringing me to the SPICMICAY concert series where I had the pleasure of hearing world class Indian musicians including Shashank, Zakir Hussain, and Umjad Ali Khan. I envisioned a hybrid of this style and the droney qualities I loved in the music of Ali Farke Toure and John Lee Hooker." In support of this work Tavares has shared the stage with legendary musicians such as John Specker, Richie Stearns, The Sim Redmond Band, Boy With A Fish (former members of The Horseflies), Kevin Kinsella of John Brown’s Body, and Uniit Carruyo, in venues across the northeast from Neitzche’s in Buffalo to Pete’s Candy Store, The Livingroom, CBGBs and the Lion’s Den In NYC to The Charles Playhouse Lounge and The Burren in Boston. Other Recordings where where you can hear his guitar work include "Stories of Happiness," "The Proudest Animal," "His Head Is A House" and the self titled “blue record” by Plastic Nebraksa, and the critically acclaimed "Sing Desire" by Jennie Stearns, "Black Castle," by Eliot Martin of John Brown’s Body and "August" by Rose Polenzani.