People in the know will go to extraordinary lengths to hear David Rodigan play music. People such as the American rap star Wyclef Jean, who ordered his entourage aboard their 4x4s and drove through the night from New York to Connecticut, where the London-based Kiss radio broadcaster was performing live.

To those not in the know, such behaviour would be inexplicable. For, in many respects, Rodigan is an unlikely international DJ hero. He enjoys reading The Spectator and acknowledges he has the appearance of an "accountant or a dentist", though his background is in repertory theatre. But put him behind a music system, with his collection of treasured and often exclusive reggae recordings to hand, and there is no one who can entertain quite like him.