The Iyer Brothers started their tutelage of veena from Vidhushi Srimathi Rajagopalan in Chennai. After two years of intial learning, they then became disciples of veena maestro Sri R Pichumani Iyer with whom they learnt continuously for a period of eight years. After establishing their musical career in Melbourne, they underwent further advanced training with another veena maestro Trivandrum R Venkataraman for ten years. The Iyer Brothers also consider Paramaguru Sri K S Narayanaswamy (Guru of their Gurus Pichumani Iyer and R Venkataraman) as their foremost guide and mentor.