Richard "Hen" Henshall is a British progressive metal multi-instrumentalist. He is best known for being the guitarist and keyboardist for the bands To-Mera, Haken, Nova Collective, and Opinaut. He has released one album (Exile) with To-Mera, seven (Aquarius, Visions, The Mountain, Affinity, Vector, Virus and Fauna) with Haken, and one solo album (The Cocoon). He has also released EPs and singles: Oxygen (with Opinaut), Redemption (with Alma West), Earthbound (with To-Mera), and Restoration (with Haken). Henshall was classically trained on the piano from the age of seven. By the age of 11 to 12, he started playing the guitar on a self-taught basis. He also had drums and clarinet classes. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.