CLEMENT Sometimes people request songs we did for the TV show, but we only played them in the studio. We’ve never figured out how to do it live with two guitars.

Why did you decide, after all this time, to make a live special and album?

McKENZIE I like the idea of capturing what we do live, because it doesn’t really exist on tape. We’ve spent so many years touring, but we’re more well known for the TV show, which is actually quite different from what we really do. People come to the shows, not really knowing what they’re going to see, and they’re surprised that we can play guitar and sing the songs.

CLEMENT Someone asked me, “Why do TV shows always tour?” I was like: “We’re a band. We were a band first, and then we did a TV show for a little while.”

McKENZIE It’s completely different. I’d recommend it for any band trying to get exposure. Have a TV show. Certainly, making an album now is more of a charity job.

With all the other projects you now work on individually, is it harder to find time to get together as a band? Does it ever feel like an obligation?

CLEMENT Theoretically we could do it whenever we wanted, because we both live in the same city in New Zealand. But I find we’re not there at the same time. We’ve also got families — if we weren’t reading our kids stories at night and had nothing to do, we’d go to a bar and play songs.