Most people we’ve come across describe Farooq Alshaikh as one of the hidden treasures native to the Kingdom of Bahrain. Not only is he a rare find, but he has the experience. At the young age of 14, Farooq started playing the guitar and covering the difficult musical material of Ali Bahar and the Gypsy Kings while never knowing that one day in the near future he would actually be onstage with the world-famous Gypsy kings as their special guest in the esteemed Typhoon restaurant in 2007 in the Kingdom of Bahrain.