Australian rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, described their style as 'expansive and free flowing, strong on rhythm and melody and bristling with exceptional guitar work' .
Kahvas Jute were formed in Sydney in June 1970 as a progressive rock and hard rock band with Tim Gaze on lead guitar and vocals (ex-Stonehenge, Tamam Shud), Dennis Wilson on lead guitar and vocals (ex-Riddles, Kevin Bible and the Book, Barrington Davis and the Power Pact, Mecca), Bob Daisley on bass guitar (ex-Dennis Williams and the Delawares, Gino Affair, Throb, Barrington Davis and the Power Pact, Mecca) and Dannie Davidson on drums (ex-Strangers, Sunsets, Tamam Shud).
[5] Mecca disbanded in mid-1970 and Daisley and Wilson approached Davidson and Gaze to form a new band, Kahvas Jute.
[1] In June 1971, Davidson and Wilson travelled to the United Kingdom and temporarily used Mick Smith and Scott Maxey on bass guitar.
[1][2] In March 1974, Peter Roberts (ex-Band of Light) replaced Maxey on bass guitar but the group was renamed in May as Chariot.
[6] The group performed about 300 gigs a year but extensive line-up changes reduced their recording output to two singles, "I'll Keep on Loving You" (January 1976) and "Set Me Free" (December 1976).
[6] In November 1991, the original lineup of Kahvas Jute (Daisley, Davidson, Gaze and Wilson) played one reunion gig.