[1] Luis Montalbert-Smith was born on 22 May 1975 in Washington DC, to a Costa Rican surgeon and a physiologist who were studying at Georgetown University at the time.

[2] His first artistic expression, her mom remarks, was dancing at the young age of one while listening to Anita Wards' hit Ring my Bell.

His parents right away put him in piano lessons with a local neighborhood teacher, which prepared Luis to audition for the Children's Program at the University of Costa Rica's School for Musical Arts.

In 1993, when Montalbert-Smith had already graduated from High School and a regular student at the University of Costa Rica, Carvajal left the group and by Miranda's sister intermediation they were introduced to Massimo Hernandez, who finally came to play drums for the band.

The band played covers of famous hits such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Alice in Chains, Queen, etc.

In 1996, M. Pauly left the group and Abel Guier entered Gandhi to consolidate the current band structure.

Abel was the bass guitar player for Viuda Negra, a famous underground metal group in San Jose at that time.