 In 1993 Svetlana Surganova and Diana Arbenina established an acoustic duet ""Nochnye Snaipery"".In 1998 Surganova and Arbenina released their first album ""Капля дегтя в бочке меда", ("Drop of a tar in the ointment")" which became popular on Russian radio stations such as ""Европа Плюс", "Радио Балтика", "Модерн", "Ностальжи" and "Русский шансон"".In the end of 1998, women decided to change the style of the band from acoustic to electric.