After Leysya Pesnya split, Rastorguyev spent a year in the band Rondo before joining newly formed Lyube.

On the occasion of his 50th birthday in 2007, Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded Nikolay with the state order "For Merit to the Fatherland," Fourth class.

[citation needed] In March 2014, Rastorguyev signed a letter supporting Russian occupation of Ukrainian Crimea.

[2] In April and May 2022, Rastorguyev participated in a series of concerts organized in order to support the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[3] He is subject to sanctions imposed on him by the EU for his role in so-called "the Kremlin's disinformation and information manipulation ecosystem".