Wong answered a singer-wanted advert placed in a music magazine by instrumentalist Lau, who had created two previous bands known as DLLM and Oriental Electronic Orchestra.

Hong Kong radio personality Winnie Yu christened them as "Tat Ming Pair" and they were signed to PolyGram Records.

[6] Thus they began their ongoing collaboration with lyricists such as Calvin Poon Yuen-Leung (潘源良), Yiu-Fai Chow (周耀輝) and Keith Chan Siu-Kei.

The cover of their debut EP contained an image prominently displaying Wong's long hair, a hairstyle which was considered subversive for men at the time in Hong Kong.

Their second full-length album The Story of the Stone (石頭記) was released in 1987 and contained some of their biggest hit songs such as the title track, "Angels of the Road (馬路天使)" and "Rear Window (後窗)".

An instrumental version of the title track was included as the opening theme for the film Golden Swallow (金燕子) starring Wong and Cherie Chung.

They continued to produce innovative records and their January 1988 release I'm Waiting For Your Return (我等着你回來) was considered Hong Kong's first concept album.

[5] The album theme dealt with the ongoing emigration of Hong Kong residents due to an uncertain political status after the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration.

Their final release before their initial hiatus was 1990's acclaimed Nerves (神經), another concept album which contained many songs relating to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and unease towards the upcoming 1997 handover of Hong Kong[7] such as "The Ten Young Firemen (十個救火的少年)" and "Don't Ask The Sky (天問)".

The band reunited in 1996 to celebrate their 10-year anniversary and released a new single "A Forbidden Fruit Once Per Day (每日一禁果)" which won the top prize at the Ultimate Song Chart Awards (叱咤樂壇流行榜).

They also held a four-night residency concert in April 2012 at the Hong Kong Coliseum entitled 兜兜轉轉演演唱唱會 which resulted in another live album and DVD.

On January 3, 2019, the duo received the Golden Needle Award due to their success and artistic influence on the Hong Kong music scene.

The song topped the iTunes chart in Hong Kong but was immediately banned in mainland China where discussion involving the protests and the violent military response is forbidden.

In November 2020, the band held a series of concerts at Queen Elizabeth Stadium entitled REPLAY, which celebrated their two albums Fallen Angel (意難平) and Nerves (神經).

In January 2022, local media reported that ten Canto-pop singers and groups had been put on a blacklist of government-funded broadcaster RTHK, with radio DJs having been ordered not to play their songs.