KISS fans were there in Miami to meet Gene Simmons. They didn’t expect this special guest

Gene Simmons, left, and Ace Frehley, original Kiss members, teamed up for a meet-and-greet session at Wynwood’s Walt Grace Vintage, a cars and guitars emporium, at 2450 NW Second Ave. in Miami on Jan. 27, 2018. Gene Simmons, left, and Ace Frehley, original Kiss members, teamed up for a meet-and-greet session at Wynwood’s Walt Grace Vintage, a cars and guitars emporium, at 2450 NW Second Ave. in Miami on Jan. 27, 2018. YouTube

Call it a mini Kiss reunion in Wynwood as Gene Simmons, flogging his $2,000 boxed set “The Vault,” did an in-store at Walt Grace Vintage, a cars and guitars gallery, with Ace Frehley, his former band mate.

Like a divorced couple sharing old stories of their high profile marriage, the duo kept an audience — which included Barry Gibb’s musician son Stephen Gibb — rapt during a freewheeling Q&A session that touched on their time together in Kiss.

The pair, sitting in front of a wall of guitars that collector Frehley coveted, also strummed acoustic guitars. This led Simmons to quip how difficult it was to play a vintage tune like Kiss’ “She” unplugged.

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