Bassnectar got some help from an old friend last night, as String Cheese Incident mandolinist Michael Kang sat in during Bassnectar’s headlining set at Electric Forest. Bassnectar has cited Kang as a huge advocate for his music in the past, helping to launch Bassnectar’s career to the point that it’s at today.

In an interview with Relix in 2014, Lorin Ashton said “I don’t think Bassnectar would be the touring entity it is without the jamband scene—specifically without Michael Kang and Madison House and also STS9 and the Disco Biscuits and on and on. Fully giving that respect where it’s due, my ears don’t love [that music] but I feel terrible saying that because I love the people. What I like about it is the scene, the community, the fanaticism and the intelligence of the listeners. That kind of supportive underground didn’t feel any different than my supportive underground, which was the death metal and punk rock underground.”

The two also previously collaborated on a track called “Dubuasca”, which was released on Bassnectar’s 2004 album Diverse Systems of Throb. Watch the two play together at this year’s Electric Forest:

 

And here’s the version from 2011:

 

Bassnectar also sat in with String Cheese Incident on New Years of 2006, joining the band for a lengthy “Dub Jam” in the middle of the band’s second set. You can check that out below:

String Cheese also performed at Electric Forest, busting out a debut cover of the Grateful Dead song “Terrapin Station”.

[Source/Photo via Electric Forest Facebook]