With the flatness hypothesis, it looks both statements are true.
The first being true implies the morphism
$$\text{Spec}(R[x_1,\dots, x_n]/(f,g)) \to \text{Spec}(R)$$
is a flat lci. But then the ideal $(f,g)\subset R[x_1,\dots, x_n]$ has to be regular, hence, calling $A := R[x_1,\dots, x_n]$, $B := A/(f)$, the Koszul complex of $(f,g)$ is computed by $K_{\bullet}(f)\otimes_B B/(g)$, whose first homology (which vanishes) is $\text{Tor}_1^{A}(A/(f), A/(g))$.