Raised in New Zealand, Andrew Jones studied illustration and graphic design at the Auckland Institute of Technology, graduating with honours in 1996. Winner of the Australian Opal Art Award, he has since exhibited in Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne, London and Paris. During the final year of his degree, Andrew began working with Jaz Coleman, then composer in residence for the Auckland Philharmonia, with works also recorded for RCA by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

Jaz was subsequently responsible for having the New Zealand National Anthem translated from English into the Maori tongue — an event which caused six months of debate in the British and New Zealand Parliaments before it was approved. In England it was sung for the first time at the All Blacks’ 1999 World Cup rugby match at Twickenham.

In the course of this, while Jaz was in London along with Andrew, who was studying Renaissance Art techniques with a Royal Academy master, they formed an alliance with Laurence Gardner. The result was the birth of the Bloodline of the Holy Grail oratorio, with it's world premiere performance at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.