Born near Frankfurt on Main in 1966, JJ played in various local Bands before he joined Syder in 1994.

The educated audio-engineer and Multi-Instrumentalist played Keyboards, Guitar and did some Backing-Vocals. He’s also an educated violinist and loves to play drums. He first teamed up with Tommy in Syder. His musical roots lie in the ‘70s and ‘80s, Deep Purple is his favourite band since then – until today.

Unfortunately due to business and family related reasons he had to quit work in the band. Later on he met Tommy and they decided to set up the ToJA project. Jan is married to Syke and has two little daughters called Zoe and Luna.

His parole for Rock’nRoll:

Life’s too short to just hang around, make your way, enjoy life – make the best out of it.