The early lineup of Present featured fellow Univers Zero members Daniel Denis and Christian Genet playing drums and bass respectively.
By year's end, Denis wished to concentrate on Univers Zero, but agreed to stay with Present until a suitable replacement could be found.
In 1998, Trigaux traveled to Tel Aviv, to play guitar for a soundtrack L.P. by the Israeli band Tractor's Revenge.
The band, joined by two horn players, Fred Becker and Dominic Ntoumos, were the headline act at the Blaye Les Mines Festival in Southern France, for an audience of seven thousand spectators.
That year there were some sporadic concert dates, and Pierre Desassis (alto and soprano saxophones) joined the band.
Also in 2005, the band again traveled to the USA, for a tour of the eastern states and Canada, which concluded with a performance at the North East Art Rock Festival (NEARfest).
In April 2007, the band were the curators of the first Rock In Opposition Festival France event, highlighting two separate performances: The first night was called “Present Acoustic”, as Trigaux's compositions were classically realized for two grand pianos (performed by Chevalier and Ward Devleeschhouwer), while the rest of the group played scored percussion.
At the 2010 installment of the Rock In Opposition Festival France event, Present and Univers Zero again performed together, adding a third Belgian group (Aranis) to the mix, bringing the total number of musicians on stage to seventeen.
This large ensemble – which goes by the name Once Upon A Time In Belgium – played compositions by the main composers of each group: Trigaux, Denis, Kurt Bude and Joris Vanvinckenroye.
The entourage was also augmented by the crew of Zeitgeist Media, who produced the 2012 feature film documentary Romantic Warriors II: A Progressive Music Saga About Rock in Opposition, of which all three groups were an integral part.
During autumn 2013, Present again convened in Brussels, this time to plan for the following year’s recording schedule, and to learn an almost entirely new concert program in only five days.