This really happened

Yesterday...

I got on the train on the way to work and this older (60s) Japanese man with a long ponytail kept stealing glances at me as I was reading my book. Right before the next stop (which happened to be where I got off) he looks at me and says,

Do you know Jimi Hendrix?
- Uhhmm, yeah.
Yeah! He is an excellent guitar player. The greatest!

Then he did some air guitar and got off the train.