They dressed and behaved like twins and created a relationship of complete trust. As they defined this phantom identity, their individual identities became less accessible. In an analysis of phantom artistic identities, Charles Green has noted that this allowed a deeper understanding of the artist as performer, for it revealed a way of "having the artistic self-made available for self-scrutiny".
By adopting a shared persona, they cultivated an atmosphere of unwavering trust, which ultimately led to a merging of their individual identities. This phenomenon is relevant to phantom artistic identities, as noted by Charles Green, who argues that it allows for a more intimate understanding of the artist's role as a performer.