Among a certain aging sector of underground music fans, Damon Che is a giant, not only for his impressive skills on the drum kit, but for having provided the essential rhythmic idiosyncrasies that made the Pittsburgh band Don Caballero a pioneer of math-rock way back in the early 1990s.

After a nine-year “creative hiatus,” Che is back with Yesness, a groovy, oddly funky post-rock band he shared with bassist Kristian Dunn of the band El Ten Eleven. Last fall, the duo released an album, “See You at the Solipsist Convention,” which marks Che’s first studio recording in 16 years.

The wait was worth it. “Solipsist Convention” is a conveyor belt serving up cool and unexpected sounds, and it’s the product of a collaboration that started out via emails and text messages and grew into something that feels like a perfect fit. In the promotional materials accompanying the album, Che explains:

“We were ships in the night of the musical variety until (Joyful Noise Recordings founder Karl Hofstetter) found a way to merge our paths,” he is quoted as saying. “There are very few comparisons in the aesthetic approach to how we created the music. We worked remotely for eight months before physically meeting for the first time at the recording studio.”

That’s a fact that makes “Solipsist Convention” — and Yesness — all the more impressive. Catch ‘em doing their thing live at Bend’s Domino Room on Thursday night.

Yesness, with Sego: 8 p.m. Thursday, $20, Domino Room, 51 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend, midtownballroom.com.