Far from sounding like an amateur drummer or a streetperformer banging away on overturned buckets, Nathaniel successfully navigates his expansive 'drum kit' in creative ways.
Mr Collier had been a gunner during World War II and made his comedy debut in 1948 when a performer at Hull's Perth Street Club failed to show up and he agreed to fill in.
Either as a performer or as a punter, there is a uniqueness about the High street and The Pleasance which just seem rightly placed in this historic city for entertainment, not to mention all the other wee venues, where a stand up comic or a jazz sax player can play to one or twenty.