From an amateur rock band with its other members moved to the VIA Hello, Song, at that time under the direction of Igor Matvienko, at the Krasnodar Philharmonic, where he played from 1983 to 1986.

In Belgium, the group disbanded and priests continued to collaborate with Master as a session musician.

In 1995, Sergey returned to the Master and recorded the album "Songs of the Dead", where he performed not only as a composer, but also as the author of some texts.

In 1997, together with the priests invited for a tour in France by vocalist Arthur Berkut and drummer of Master Anatoly Shenderov leaving the band, and create their own project "ZOOOM", which has not received development.

In 2002, Popov became the new guitarist of the band Aria, with which he recorded five albums, and also co-wrote several songs.