Their debut album was hailed by many prominent critics as the best thing to come out of Latvian music scene in the last decade.
[citation needed] The Hobos gained a wide following with their singles "Christian (I’m Gonna Be)", "Walk All Night", "Flying Away" and "Don’t Forget".
Having traveled and sung on the streets all around the world from New York City to Hong Kong, Rolands came back to Latvia in 1999 and decided to form a group of his own.
[1] This opened the doors to the recording studio and by the end of 1999 The Hobos were ready to release their debut album Numbvision, which in turn produced their first hit single "Christian (I'm Gonna Be)".
The album featured one CD of original material and a second disk that was compiled from many different cover versions, including J. J. Cale's "Cocaine", Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff" and Simon and Garfunkel's "Cecilia".
In the January 17, 2016 the band vocalist Rolands Ūdris was hit by a driver in the Riga, capital city of Latvia and for 5 weeks he stayed in coma.