The group was started in or around 1962 by Niuean born drummer, Feau Halatau and four fellow students from the Parnell Institute for the Blind.
[10] The song, originally released on the Innovation label, and later CBS was credited to Deane Waretini with The Rising Stars.
[18] In December 2000, marking their fourth decade in the music business, the band appeared on stage at the Blind Musicians Festival in Parnell.
[19] The current line up at the time was Feau Halatau, Ray Lemon, Neville Tura and Andrew Taylor.
They kept going for a few more years, and finally disbanded in or around 2007, with the only two surviving original members Andrew Taylor, and Feau Halatau parting company.
[21] In January 2010, Andrew Taylor had joined the group Blue Collar Band, playing venues like the Wanderers Club in the Auckland suburb of Māngere.
[23] In a 2009, an article in the 22 Jan edition of Auckland's Central Leader, drummer Halatau now living in Onehunga was looking to open a drumming school.
[2] During the career of the band, in addition to John Rowles, and Ricky May,[5] they had also backed singer Rob Guest who died in 2008.
[27] Witana who was also a musical colleague of Radars guitarist Ray Lemon, had known him since 1957 when they met at the Parnell college for the blind.