[3] Starting in 2018, songs by Earth, Wind, & Fire, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Tower of Power, The Ides of March, Lighthouse and Steely Dan were added to the playlist.
The band's instrumental setup features bass and lead guitars, drums, keyboards, saxophone, trumpet and trombone, with occasional flugelhorn, French horn, flute, metal clarinet, cello and violin and miscellaneous percussion.
[4][5][6][7] Four self-released albums (vich is Russian for son of): Leonid and Friends currently tours with about 11 musicians, from Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus.
On the occasion of their date in Arlington Heights in July 2019, the band was joined on stage by Chicago's original drummer Danny Seraphine.
[18] Most members are from Moscow, though Tiagnyriadno, Kashirin, Zyl, Kurmaev and Kovachev hail from Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan respectively.