Griffin and I are buds from playing music together.

I met him again recently (within the last 3 years or so) when my band and his played together. We've been buds since.

Catching up with Griffin is like catching up with your brother.

They're into stuff you're kinda into, and you're always kinda aligned on chatting about everything from sports to music to food (sorta).

Catching up with Griff was no different this time.