The record label ‘Melodiya’[2] sold 5 million copies of the band's debut album released in 1986.

Bravo's musical career began 40 years ago in the USSR, and the band still tours and releases albums.

[5] Evgeny Khavtan, the son of an engineer and an English and German teacher, was born in Moscow on 16 October 1961.

His mother was interned with her family in the Sharhorod ghetto in Transnistria during World War II and in 2004 wrote a book 'Memoir' about her experience.

After graduating high school, he started studying at the Moscow State University of Railway Engineering.

[18][15][19] After one of their earliest performances, which was held at the "Krylatskoe" disco venue in December 1983, the band decided to keep the name Bravo.

[20] On 18 March 1984, after a performance in a Moscow suburb, the band members were detained for "illegal entrepreneurial activity" (since all ticket proceeds were not declared).

Aguzarova eventually returned to the group but permanently departed at the end of 1988 to focus on her solo career.

Evgeny Khavtan has found a new vocalist, Robert Lenz, whose identity was kept secret until the recording of the album ‘At the Crossroads of Spring’[28] was finished in 1996.

[29]Throughout its history, Bravo experienced numerous lineup changes,[13][14] with Khavtan being the only constant member and composer (and occasionally songwriter) for most songs.

In 2017 Evgeny Khavtan recorded the song "Ships"[35] with musicians from the flamenco-gypsy-jazz band Barrio Manouche,[8] based in San Francisco.

[37] The record was produced across the globe: Moscow, Los Angeles (USA), Havana (Cuba), Porto Alegre (Brazil).

[39] His guitar sound and style have been influenced by guitarists Chuck Berry, Dick Dale, Scotty Moore, George Harrison, Andy Summers, Hank Marvin, Johnny Marr, and bands such as The Beatles, The Kinks, The Police, The Smiths, Stray Cats, Madness, Heroes del Silencio.

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine began at the end of February 2022, he moved to Israel with his wife and daughter and got a house in the city of Rishon LeZion near Tel Aviv.