Nigel was born in Rochester in Kent. The family moved to Clapham in south London when Nigel was a baby, so his childhood was spent in Clapham, before the family made another move to Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk when he was eleven years old.

Nigel played in school bands from the age of eleven. Then in a cover band when he was eighteen called "Storm". They played at social clubs and pubs and on the American airbases in Mildenhall and Lakenheath. Then with fellow band member Steven Vitale, in 1977 they formed "Kashmir". In 1980 Kashmir were the first "Rock" band to play at the Theatre Royal in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. They also recorded their first single "The Light" at Spaceward Studios in Cambridge. This was the first time Nigel had been in a professional recording studio. He enjoyed the atmosphere so much, he decided to learn the art of studio engineering.

Lead Guitar and Vocals

Bass Guitar and Vocals

Drums

Guitar and Vocals

In 1981 Nigel composed music and played with "Vantage Point". They also played at the Theatre Royal, which was becoming a major venue for bands in Bury. The band projected images on a large screen behind them. It was quite rare for bands to use video projection in the early 80's.

Nigel and girl friend Helen moved to Norwich in Norfolk in 1986. Helen Turner is an only child and the end of her family line, so when the couple married in December 1986 Nigel took the name Turner-Heffer, to keep the Turner name going . Their son Adam was born in 1988, and he is now the end of the Heffer line, so he is keeping the Turner and the Heffer names going.

In 1988 Nigel was given the opportunity to compose production music for an awards ceremony in London. Nigel was then commissioned by a Norwich production company, The Russell Organisation, to produce launch music for Volvo cars. Since then Nigel has composed music for other blue chip companies and major Pharmaceutical organisation's including Novartis; the third largest Pharmaceutical plc in the World. For more information on Nigel's production music commissions please see production music page.

In 2006 Nigel was asked by David Wright of Code Indigo, to play guitar at E-Live in Eindhoven. Nigel got on very well with the band and David asked Nigel to join Code Indigo as a permanent member in 2006.

Nigel Plays Lead and Rhythm guitar, Bass guitar and some keyboards on the In Concert Live CD from Code Indigo.

David Wright also asked Nigel to play bass on his award winning CD "Dreams and Distant Moonlight" Recorded at Planet Studio between January 2007 and July 2008. "Sines Of Life" by David Wright, was released in 2009 which included the track "3 a.m." Nigel co-wrote "3 a.m." with David and Robert Fox.