He has played with premiere bands like the HAYP, Second Wind, Apo Hiking Society (as their resident guitarist), and The Dawn (after the passing of their original guitarist Teddy Diaz).He has worked and collaborated with Pinoy Hip Hop pioneer and widely considered to be the most successful Filipino rapper of all time (Francis Magalona) as a member of his band "Hardware Syndrome". His musical involvement with FrancisM included his stint as the musical director for his TV shows.He is known to be a prolific session player as well and was  known to have recorded an outstanding 450 songs in 1 year in the late 90's, He has performed in the hit broadway musicals (Miss Saigon and Rent) and TV shows like: STAR in a Million and Pinoy Dream Academy.   His session works are with the who's who of the Philippine Music Scene with the likes of: Kuh Ledesma, Regine Velasquez, Martin Nievera, Jaya, Pops Fernandez, Lani Misalucha, Zsa Zsa Padilla, Sharon Cuneta, SIDE A, Jose Marie Chan, Gary Valenciano, Dulce, Yeng Constantino, and Leah Salonga.Noel has worked as a session guitarist for foreign artists: Fra Lippo Lippi, Patty Austin, Mike Francis, John Ford Coley, David Pack, Julia Fordham, and David Pomeranz.As a solo artist he has released 3 albums so far: HAPPY TO BE ALIVE, HALAGA, and UNFOLDINGHe is currently the resident guitarist for GMA 7 and Loudbox studios.