May ended his video saying, “God bless Nathan Evans!”, before the 26-year-old Scot replied to the video with the tagline: “I am honestly so speechless and shocked and excited and every other emotion you can think of. Permission? You re Brian May! You don t need my permission.”
The Queen legend later responded saying: “This great guy probably doesn’t realise [yet] how chuffed I am that he’s so chuffed. Hope I get the chance to play on his album.
“Hmmm . I wonder if ‘39 would suit him ? Well it IS a kind of sea-faring song - written while sailing on the Milky Way, about 118 years in the future, I guess. What d’ye think ? Don’t you hear my call.? Bri.”