Chris Barth, songwriter, business lead vocalist, and guitarist for the indie rock-band Impossible Forms, formed Normanoak through the recording from the band’s We ENJOY IT Crazy album in wintertime 2002-2003. Documented onto a four-track cassette rig, Blessed a Black Gemstone was created past due during the night after studio room sessions were comprehensive, producing a tranquil, lo-fi assortment of backwoods folk music that owe just as much to Syd Barrett because they perform Hank Williams. Blessed a Black Gemstone premiered in 2004 on Secretly Canadian Information.