Mainak Roy tryst with music began when he was a young, school-going lad .Hailing from a musical family, with serious classical musicians as parents; he is also related to Loy Mendonsa (of SEL fame). So, it was only natural that Suresh would have a lifelong love affair with music. Formally trained in the piano and the violin, he developed an interest in the up-and-coming rock music scene, playing extensively with Short Circuit and Bronze Axe, two of the heaviest bands of India, in the eighties. His love affair with the bass guitar began during this phase and he gradually transcended to playing live jazz music with the likes of Braz Gonsalves, Maurice Concessio and The Tony Pinto Trio.