The original core of the band consisted of Jan-Henrik Ohme (vocals), Jon-Arne Vilbo (guitar), and Thomas Andersen (keyboards, programming, production).
They started making music together in 1996, and the band has since expanded with Mikael Krømer (violin, co-producer), Robert R Johansen (drums), and Kristian Torp (bass).
Andersen had met Jan-Henrik Ohme through his work as radio commercial producer and brought him into the jam sessions, which laid the foundation for Gazpacho as it exists today.
These promos also found their way to several internet magazines, which gave the band almost unanimous acclaim,[3][4][5] with one reviewer calling the music "expertly-crafted and truly inventive".
Utilizing the possibilities of the internet, the band had teamed up with the American singer-songwriter and fellow Make-A-Star contestant Esther Valentine and New Zealand producer Peter Kearns.
Bravo gained the band more international acclaim,[10][11][12] with Dutch leading music magazine Oor stating "their debut album is a rare beauty".
The performance at the Convention Weekend led to a support slot on Marillion's 31-date European Marbles tour around 11 countries, further raising Gazpacho's profile.
Prior to the tour, the band released their second full-length album, When Earth Lets Go, giving them enough material for their live repertoire.
Despite Lyon's involvement, the increased awareness after playing with Marillion, and more rave reviews on their album,[13][14][15] Gazpacho was not able to secure a record deal.
[18] Night showed a departure from the short song format of the previous albums, but instead consisted of one long 50-minute conceptual piece, divided into five parts.
[16] Mikael Krømer, who had played violin on all previous albums and live shows, was welcomed as a full-time band member on Night, also earning a co-producer credit.
The album was almost instantly well received in progressive rock circles, topping the Just for Kicks Music sales chart for two weeks after its release.
[23] During one of the live performances of Night on 18 July 2008, the audience at the Boerderij in Zoetermeer got a first taste of a new song in progress called "Tick Tock", which was played for the first time in its entirety, clocking in at 22 minutes and 24 seconds.
The album is based on the story of French writer and navigator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, who took off in an attempt at a long-distance flight from Paris to Saigon in 1935.
In the early days of 2010, a replacement for Johansen was found in Lars Erik Asp, just in time for the second part of the Tick Tock Tour.
For the European gigs in September, they hired Micheal Krumins (Green Carnation, Sirenia) as a stand-in guitarist as Vilbo had to take time off due to family commitments.
The end of 2011 brought the news that March of Ghosts would be the name of the band's seventh studio album and the follow-up to Missa Atropos.
The idea behind the album was to have the lead character spend a night where a number of ghosts (dead and alive) would march past him to tell their stories.
In late 2013, Gazpacho announced via their Facebook page that they had finished recording their eighth studio album, Demon, due to be released in 2014.
[28] Former drummer Robert Johansen was named as Asp's replacement for the Soyuz album, which, according to keyboardist Thomas Andersen, "is about being frozen in time".