Gayle Ellett plays bass and electric guitar on Surfacing. Ellett remarked “It’s really enjoyable playing music with Todd and Craig! They are such great musicians, they are very positive, and they love to work hard, so it’s been a real treat to play music with them.” Ellett is a founding member of the Progressive Rock group Djam Karet. He’s also a multi-instrumentalist who has played on over 120 albums, scored music for numerous feature films and 60 different TV series worldwide, and currently plays in 9 bands. When he’s not busy recording in the studio, he can often be found wandering the mountain trails near his home in Topanga, California.

Craig Kahn, reacting to a question about playing drums with Kelp Dwellers, answered , "It's so much fun playing with Gayle and Todd.  As a drummer, the most important things to me are locking in the groove with the bass player and playing music that allows me to express myself.  With Gayle I've got the former and with Todd's music, the latter".  As well as getting ready to start recording on the next Kelp Dwellers album, Craig is involved with a new project with Gayle and is recording with a band consisting mostly of pediatric cardiology doctors from around the world, the BBSC, who donate all proceeds from album sales to pediatric health care.  When not playing music Craig can be found running the trails near his house in Topanga, California.

Todd Montgomery composed, produced and mixed all the music on Surfacing. "I am awe-struck in gratitude to Craig and Gayle for helping to realize this vision of the Kelp Dwellers. It's quite remarkable to be able to bring a challenging piece of music to players, and have them be able to create inspirational parts  almost instantaneously that take the music to a higher level, and they are friends, and we all enjoy the process! Montgomery is best know for playing acoustic instruments for the last 30 years. He made 3 critically acclaimed records with Ellett in the band, Fernwood. He has played Blue Grass, traditional Irish music and studied classical Indian music on the sitar with Hari Har Rao, Ravi Shankar's oldest student. When not working the Kelp Dwellers, you can find him teaching special education at Malibu High School and somewhere around the kelp beds North of Malibu.