Aisle seat or window seat? Aisle seat always — I drink loads of water, especially on long haul flights, it helps counteract the jet lag but there's a lot of getting up and down involved. It's probably the exercise that counteracts the jet lag, not the water. And I hate staring out of plane windows — you've seen one cloud you've seen them all.
Complete this sentence: I can't travel without ... iPod, kindle, headphones and GPS. I used to travel surrounded by cassettes and later CDs in various state of van-ravaged decay. No matter how many you bought with you there were never enough, you'd listen to them all in the first few days and get thoroughly sick of them. My iPod is a source of delight to me.
Books were another problem — I used to cart a bag of dog-eared and mangled books around. Now I have a kindle. GPS is the best thing that ever happened to touring. It used to put two hours on the journey trying to find the venue once you got into town.
What's the best travel tip you've ever been given? I can't remember but I'd recommend not eating near the railway station. People are always in a hurry to eat and by the time the food poisoning kicks in they're 100 miles down the track. The restaurants know this.
What was the most memorable meal you've had while travelling? I've forgotten already.
What's the best thing you've brought back from a trip? My wife, Amy Rigby. We met when she was touring in England. I went up to Scotland to see her play, a 400-mile drive. I took her home with me a couple of days later and she never left.
Favourite airport to land at? Are you having a laugh or what?!!? They're all awful.
What's the next trip you've got planned? This one. Looking forward to being in New Zealand for the first time in 38 years!
Wreckless Eric plays tomorrow night at the San Fran, in Wellington, Thursday night at Blue Smoke, in Christchurch and on Friday at the Tuning Fork, in Auckland. For tickets, go to undertheradar.co.nz.
