The regulars of La Cueva also included poetry buffs and young people willing to escape the routines of urban life; some would form the core of the Buenos Aires hippie scene of the late 1960s.

The band's materials were favored by radio DJs, including No te enamores nunca de aquel marinero bengalí (Never fall in love with that Bengali sailor) which grew out of improvisation during rehearsals, and Sin gamulán (Without a coat), written by Calamaro.

The 1982 debut album included many compositions by Abuelo-López, and a reggae hit by Calamaro's former partner Gringui Herrera, Tristezas de la ciudad (City blues).

For their 1983 album, Vasos y Besos (Glasses and Kisses), Melingo wrote his own reggae hit: Chala-man, Bazterrica contributed No se desesperen (Don't despair), and Calamaro chimed in with Mil horas (A thousand hours).

For the occasion, Gringui Herrera replaced Bazterrica, Juan del Barrio reinforced Calamaro in keyboards, and Melingo played some songs as a guest musician.

This line-up played their last gig in October 1985, in José Amalfitani Stadium, to fulfill their contractual obligation to the "Rock and Pop" festival which featured INXS and Nina Hagen.

Late in 1986, he and Polo Corbella hired Kubero Díaz on guitar, Marcelo "Chocolate" Fogo on bass and Juan del Barrio on keyboards to form a new line-up, which recorded Cosas mías in 1986 with relative commercial success.

After the first shows, Polo Corbella left the band, replaced by Claudio "Pato" Loza, then with the addition of Willy Crook (former Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota) on sax.

Gustavo Bazterrica formed Los Bazterricolas and Polo Corbella returned to Buenos Aires as María Rosa Yorio, Raúl Porchetto as Miguel Mateos drummer.

The final members: Kubero Diaz, reformed his old band La Cofradía de la Flor Solar in the next decade, Willy Crook formed Los Funky Torinos in 1997 after some years as solo act, Juan del Barrio is now teacher of piano and musical arrangements, and played with Luis Alberto Spinetta at Velez Sarfield stadium in 2009.