RIP Mbuta Mutu. The guy had great influence in East Africa. His influence is still felt here. At min 3:41-43 is Professor, one  of the founders of offshoot bands from Station Japan, Rhumba Japan playing in Nairobi and Professor is still going strong today in Nairobi.

Is that Gobin at minute 4.04? I'd like to know how Rhumba Japan ended up in Nairobi and with Gobin as the leader. Was Station Japan based in Nairobi at some point before the split?

yes thats gobby lokoni. the story of rhumba japan is tied to station japan. sometime in 1998/99 koffi olomide toured kenya and among the promoters of this tour was bussinessman cum politician waithaka machua who owned makuti park in nairobis south C Area.
while touring the country with QL, machua asked dolce parabolique somono which band from zaire then he can affordably bring to his club in nairobi to pull crowds as a resident band. somono haveing been a member of station japan recommended them and machia not being sure rechecked with singer suzuki if it was true and suzuki recomended station japan even more highly. machua dispatched promoter jules nsana to negotiate and bring them to nairobi. the rest is history,the band stayed in nairobi for one year playing at makuti park while war raged in DRC aimed at ousting mobutu. machua used to pay raja kula usd1000/month then and accomodation for the band. raja agreed with him to be keeping the money until such a time when they would be ready to go back to congo. he told band members that he was keeping the money for them so that when they return to congo they would be better off rather than giving them same to waste.
when time to go back home came,raja got the money over ksh1m and went to assanands to buy equipment while telling the band members he would pay them while in congo. the band included his elder bro ayyatolah his brothers ewing-proffesor,rufen mpata,ayattolas one jibril nfianfia,kale majore goby lokini,bevens,fils ecose,vasco egama,patrick booto etc.
there was a big quarell as band members wanted some money to go do shopping in nairobi for presents for relatives. when they reached congo the equipment he had bought was the latest in the market and it was used during concerts for inauguration of laurent kabila. he had no money for the band members,who broke away led by goby who was rajas assistant.
thats how station japan splintered and formed rhumba japan. they were supposed to return to nairobi makuti park but raja wih no band didnt manage and goby called machua who agreed that they can come back without raja. thats how rhumba japan was formed and goby became the leader

RIP Mbuta Mutu. The guy had great influence in East Africa. His influence is still felt here. At min 3:41-43 is Professor, one  of the founders of offshoot bands from Station Japan, Rhumba Japan playing in Nairobi and Professor is still going strong today in Nairobi.

Is that Gobin at minute 4.04? I'd like to know how Rhumba Japan ended up in Nairobi and with Gobin as the leader. Was Station Japan based in Nairobi at some point before the split?

yes thats gobby lokoni. the story of rhumba japan is tied to station japan. sometime in 1998/99 koffi olomide toured kenya and among the promoters of this tour was bussinessman cum politician waithaka machua who owned makuti park in nairobis south C Area.
while touring the country with QL, machua asked dolce parabolique somono which band from zaire then he can affordably bring to his club in nairobi to pull crowds as a resident band. somono haveing been a member of station japan recommended them and machia not being sure rechecked with singer suzuki if it was true and suzuki recomended station japan even more highly. machua dispatched promoter jules nsana to negotiate and bring them to nairobi. the rest is history,the band stayed in nairobi for one year playing at makuti park while war raged in DRC aimed at ousting mobutu. machua used to pay raja kula usd1000/month then and accomodation for the band. raja agreed with him to be keeping the money until such a time when they would be ready to go back to congo. he told band members that he was keeping the money for them so that when they return to congo they would be better off rather than giving them same to waste.
when time to go back home came,raja got the money over ksh1m and went to assanands to buy equipment while telling the band members he would pay them while in congo. the band included his elder bro ayyatolah his brothers ewing-proffesor,rufen mpata,ayattolas one jibril nfianfia,kale majore goby lokini,bevens,fils ecose,vasco egama,patrick booto etc.
there was a big quarell as band members wanted some money to go do shopping in nairobi for presents for relatives. when they reached congo the equipment he had bought was the latest in the market and it was used during concerts for inauguration of laurent kabila. he had no money for the band members,who broke away led by goby who was rajas assistant.
thats how station japan splintered and formed rhumba japan. they were supposed to return to nairobi makuti park but raja wih no band didnt manage and goby called machua who agreed that they can come back without raja. thats how rhumba japan was formed and goby became the leader

Well said Gege. Ya solo!