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".
The development of a shared identity enabled them to establish an atmosphere of complete trust, which ultimately led to a loss of distinctiveness between their individual selves. This concept is pertinent to phantom artistic identities, as noted by Charles Green, who argues that this phenomenon facilitates a more intimate understanding of the artist's role as a performer.