Stanley Roberts, reporter for San Francisco news station KRON4, was working on a news item about illegal dumpsites in the Bay area, when he met Marcus Malone, a homeless man who lives in a camper and rummages through garbage for a living. Marcus also said he was an original member of the Santana Blues Band, and played congas on Santana's eponymous first album.

Stanley initially was skeptical of Marcus' claim that the Santana Blues Band got its start in his mother's garage in the late 1960s.

But the reporter checked out the story and found it was true.

Marcus "The Magnificent" Malone parted ways with the band in 1969 when he was imprisoned for manslaughter, shortly before the group's seminal performance at Woodstock Festival.

The percussionist and Santana had not seen each other since then.

This week, the reporter took Carlos Santana for a surprise visit to the camper where Marcus has been staying. Watch the heartwarming reunion here:

"You don't know how afraid I am to let you see me", said the homeless percussionist after he hugged the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.

Carlos Santana has promised to bring Marcus Malone a set of congas and to help him get on his feet:

"I want to offer my brother Marcus Malone an opportunity to record on the next album with the original band, with Greg Rolie. We wrote a song for him called Magnificent Marcus Malone. We want him to play on it and we're going to start, Lord willing, in January or February. So I would like to get him some congas so he can get his hands hard again because he hasn’t been playing the congas in a while."

Since this drummer Rod Harper, and producer Bobby Scott also have expressed interest in reuniting with Marcus.