Chris Rael has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 13 episodes and was first played on 19 February 2018.

Chris Rael is an eclectic and prolific composer, singer, sitarist, multi-instrumentalist and producer who was based in New York for 20 years. He studied music in Varanasi, India on & off for 10 years, and much, though far from all, of his music reflects this influence.