The best tattoo experience I ever had was in NZ.. There was a tattoo studio in a small alley a short walk from the theatre we were working in, I popped my head in to have a look and 14mins later I was in the chair getting me ink on and chatting away with the tattooist!! During this time the wires going to the gun repeatedly fell out, hence stopping the gun halfway through a line..... so i kindly took out my leatherman and repaired it for him
An hour and a half in the bloke says "wanna have a smoke break".... Sure why not, I'm a smoker
I was lead through a bunch of small black rooms, attatched to the back of the studio, that used to be a little club/pub and into a small weed and shrub covered courtyard..... There we were joined by the tattooists good buddy, Ratu, possibly the biggest Maori I've ever met! What I thought was a ciggy break turned into full blown NZ joint fest......... So the last hour of filling in the tattoo was done in silence listening to Megadeath!!
needless to say I isn't the best tattoo I've got but definitely the one I'll remember the most