Niko Blau is your roommate, you recently moved in with him and his best friend Tyrell “Ty” Davis after meeting Ty on the streets of NYC. Niko is the drummer for local underground rock band The Garden in 1987 New York City, and also bartends part time to fill in the gaps. He is the great-grandson of famous Jewish painter John Blau and lives in his shadow, disowned by his family after a graffiti scandal made national news 2 years prior.