A Life of Service: Part 2
Brother Andrey Silva: And there were times when in the middle of the night he would give me a call, you know, pick me up and, you know, his face would be bloodied.
Errol: There's so many times during the journey that I thought I was going to quit.
Aliw Pablo: Quit life? Quit the band? Quit—
Errol: Yeah. All of it.
Brother Andrey Silva:
One of the things that I saw that would help him make a change in his life, was if he was in the Church.
Aliw: You know, all friendships go through highs and lows but what happens when a friend refuses to give up in saving someone’s life? Refuses to give up in helping a friend make changes in his life?
Brother Andrey Silva: Because God is the solution to all things,
Aliw: Welcome to part two of our conversation with long time friends and KAI bandmates, Brother Andrey Silva and Errol Viray. You’re listening to this special episode of the Making Changes Podcast, I’m your host, Aliw Garcia Pablo. Today’s episode is about friendships that run deep and friends who never give up.
Brother Andrey Silva: That was the only solution I can think of, to help my friend, my brother.
Aliw Garcia Pablo: Well, hello, Errol.
Errol Viray: Hello.
Aliw Garcia Pablo: Welcome to
Making Changes podcast.
Errol Viray: Thank you for having me.
Aliw Garcia Pablo: Can't help but notice the shirt, though, like we got to show off the shirt.
Errol Viray: We had to, right?
Brother Andrey Silva: I'm trying to find out when I'm gonna get mine.
Aliw Garcia Pablo: You don’t have one?
Errol Viray: I sent it to your brother.
Brother Andrey Silva: You gave it to my brother?
Errol Viray: Yeah.
Brother Andrey Silva: You think that's ever gonna touch my hands?
Aliw Garcia Pablo: I've been seeing these Kai shirts on social media. Is there, like, a ‘90s revival happening or what’s going on?
Errol Viray: Yeah, you know what? Very much so. So, it's popping up everywhere right now and then with this, these shirts kind of came up because of demand, you know.
Aliw Garcia Pablo: But you know, when you guys look at that shirt, when you look back at those young boys at that time, and the dreams and things that you were looking forward to, who were Andrey and Errol in those shirts?
Brother Andrey Silva: We were starving artists. No, you know, when I look at that shirt, and during that time frame, we were some excited kids who were ready to embark on this amazing musical journey that our Lord God was allowing us to experience.
Aliw Garcia Pablo: Yeah, but you know, your friendship goes beyond Kai. You know, there are people who are, who are in bands together, and it's clearly just a working, professional relationship, right? But what kind of brotherhood did you guys have and share?
Brother Andrey Silva: When it comes to the name Kai, right? Like, it stands for Kaibigan or friendship. We chose that name because we were all friends before the band, you know, because we considered ourselves brothers, actually in that group. And so for us to be able to have those extraordinary experiences as brothers, you know, it made it more enjoyable, honestly and meaningful.
Aliw Garcia Pablo: You're the only son in your family, right? Because you have sisters.
Errol Viray: Yes, three sisters.
Aliw Garcia Pablo: Three sisters, yeah. And growing up, what kind of childhood did you have that, you know, having a friend like Andrey was, like, literally having a second brother?
