He said in a 2000 interview that he and his generation of musicians faced both encouragement and criticism for the new kind of music.
The success of the album made Khin Maung Toe and the band household names.
Their biggest hit, "Maha Hsan Thu", could have been a classic Burmese song from the prewar era if not for the background Western instrumentals and arrangements.
In the 1980s and the 1990s, Khin Maung Toe and Medium Wave with their "original" music successfully carved out a niche in the Burmese pop music scene which was mainly dominated by covers of foreign songs.
His last performance was in September 2012 in a charity concert organized by the 88 Generation Students Group.