The band had achieved popularity in Peru and amongst Peruvian diaspora communities worldwide.
The band was formed by Johnny Orozco Torres, Ricardo "Papita" Hinostroza, Enrique Orosco, and Juan Carlos Marchand in Argentina.
The band achieved its peak of popularity in the year 2000 with their song El Arbolito, which was a hit in Peru for weeks on the top charts.
On the daybreak of May 13, 2007, the band was going on tour and was scheduled to perform at a club in Buenos Aires.
Thirteen people died in the crash, including all the founding members of the Grupo Néctar.