"It is a great privilege and pleasure to be on this station and to be together again and to have you as a family."

After months of anticipation, Simon Barnett and Phil Gifford have reunited on Newstalk ZB.

The two Christchurch-based radio veterans have come together after 13 years apart on the airwaves, after hosting ZM's breakfast show for 11 years from 1992 to 2003. 

"A fairly open minded duo", Barnett brings 30 years of experience in breakfast radio, while Gifford has worked as both a print and radio correspondent. 

The two promise a family atmosphere for the show, though Barnett says that family means they "sometimes they fight, sometimes they cry, sometimes they kiss and make-up".

LISTEN TO THEIR INTRO ABOVE 

• They're back: Simon and Phil begin on ZB today