In 1975, after the release of the Queen's "A Night at the Opera", Vladimir was so impressed with the album that he decided to dedicate himself to music as a professional.

Two Vladimir Gustov's school friends, Alexander Shilnikov (bass) and Boris Kornilov (keyboards), played with V.G.

Later, in 1977, they were joined by a singer, Alexander Scheglov (who played later in groups such as "Maraphon" and "Russkie") and a drummer, Pavel Razhivin (trio "Secret").

The musicians played the music of Humble Pie, Deep Purple, and Santana; they also performed their own Art-rock compositions with psychedelic elements, written mostly by Vladimir.

Gustov combined his teaching with working at a sound studio, occasional appearances on jazz festivals together with a quartet of a saxophonist, Mikhail Kostyushkin ("Pop Mekhanika," D.Goloshekin Band, and "Tea For Two" (Chay Vdvoyom), and playing music with several other groups.

[citation needed] Several recording studio projects with Alla Pugacheva, Larisa Dolina, Mikhail Boyarski, Tynis Miagi, and Jaak Jola have made Gustov's musical work to stand out.

[citation needed] At that time, Alla Pugacheva has made Vladimir an offer to work in her musical group called "Recital."

That plan did not get through because of a number of bureaucratic obstacles: to get the job, Gustov must have obtained a Moscow residence permit, which could have resulted in his two-year compulsory military service.

Several years later, Alla and Gustov performed a song together ("A Flame in a Hand") during the Christmas television show "Rozhdestenskie Vstrechi".

In 1986, Alexandr Revzin, now a well-known show business director and producer, founded a group named "Rendezvous" and asked Gustov to join it.

The group played so-called "cover" music of "Yes", "Foreigner", and "Dire Straits" as well as original compositions written by Vladimir Gustov, Alexei Petrov, and Konstantin Balakirev.

Among the friends of "Rendezvous" who visited its shows were Alla Pugacheva, Vladimir Kuzmin, Larisa Dolina, members of the theatrical groups "Booff" and "Litzedei", and many others.

By the end of the fall, they determined who would play for a new group called Radio Rock, and by December of the same year, they started to rehearse.

In the summer of 1989, Radio Rock took part in an annual TV musical festival Jurmala-89 and Vladimir Kharitonov won a prestigious award.

By the end of this year, Radio Rock takes place in Alla Pugacheva's program, Rozhdestvenskie Vstrechi [Christmas Encounters].

The group has retained a new drummer, Tigran Panteleev, and S. Shkutov was replaced by a new and talented singer and composer, Igor Balakirev.

SUS was a Russian-American project and a creation of the composer Victor Reznikov and American singer Dan Merrill.

After recording with Radio Rock his third album, "The Crime and the Punishment", Vladimir gave several instrumental concerts together with guitarists Alexandr Liapin and Igor Romanov.

In March 1996, Maxim Leonidov decided to draw together his own musical group to renew his performing career in Russia.

Very often, in concerts and during the studio work, tremendous help is offered by an excellent St. Petersburg's saxophonist, Mikhail Zhidkikh, Larisa Dolina (vocals) and Nelly Zakrzhevskaya (violin) have also participated in the recordings.

Six songs from Max albums were written by Vladimir Gustov: "Dozhd" [Rain], "Marshruty Zhuravlei" [Routs of the Cranes], "Igra" [The Play], "1979" .

He was also a soundproducer The Secret Band ("Nichego ne Ischezaet" single (2003) and "Vsio eto i est Lubov" album (2015).

In 1990, Gustov's song, "New Day" performed by Larisa Dolina, has climbed to a second place in French musical charts.