The group also included Nicolas Cristancho "Macabi" on the piano, Francisco Garcia "Porky" on the bass, Luis Pacheco, on the congas, and vocalists Jorge Bazán and Hector Viveros.

Grupo Niche's first album, "Al Pasito", released in 1979, did little to challenge the dominating salsa band of Colombia at the time, Fruko y sus Tesos.

Among its best known hits are "Cali Aji", "Del Puente Pa'llá", "Sin Sentimientos", "Una Aventura", "Etnia", "Gotas de Lluvia", "Han Cogido la Cosa", "Mi Pueblo Natal", "Hagamos lo que Diga el Corazón", "Duele Mas", "Nuestro Sueño", and the famous cumbia "Canoa Rancha".

Some other singers from Niche throughout its history include Alvaro del Castillo, Floriza "La Coco" Lozano, Tuto Jiménez, Saulo Sanchez, Tito Gomez, Moncho Santana, Charlie Cardona as well as Willy García and Javier Vasquez, now members of the group 'Son de Cali'.

Musician Tito Gomez, who fronted the group for 7+1⁄2 years (1985–1992), died on June 12, 2007, in Cali, the city where Grupo Niche was established.

[2] His first contact with music occurred when he was eight years old, in the barrio of Roma de Quibdó where he formed the group "La Timba", essentially composed of musicians playing only the flute, bongos, maracas and güiro.