Roy Brooks And The Artistic Truth has been played on NTS shows including NTS Guide to…, with Eboness first played on 4 November 2018.

Roy Brooks put in 1972 together the ensemble The Artistic Truth. Brooks's performances often included unusual instruments such as the musical saw and drums with vacuum tubes set up so as to regulate the pitch. He began to acquire a reputation for bizarre behavior on and off stage, and occasionally sought treatment for mental disorders. In 1975 he left New York and returned to Detroit, and began using lithium to regulate his behavior. In the 1980s he returned to The Artistic Truth.