Rishad Zahir was born in Seattle, Washington during his parents visit to the States. After spending a year in Seattle, they all returned to their homeland of Afghanistan. He had finished attending third grade at Estiqlal Elementary when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. Soon after, Rishad, accompanied by his mother left for the United States permanently. At the age of 11, with his interest in music fully developed, he decided to pursue his interest in Dari literature. He was all the more impelled in his pursuit of ascertaining a greater understanding of farsi literature by the fact that he had been deprived of the opportunity in Afghanistan.
Nasrat Parsa was born in a suburb of Kabul, Afghanistan. His family, especially his oldest brother Najibullah Parsa, was already involved in music to a certain extent and the environment of a musical household helped materialize Nasrat’s artistic talents. According to Nasrat's personal account, he was first discovered after singing the songs of Ahmad Zahir on a national radio broadcast. After the singer heard the renditions of his songs by the 7 year old Nasrat, he got in touch with the child and invited him to sing with him. Thus was Nasrat’s formal initiation into singing.
Ehsan was born in Lashkargah, Afghanistan, to Mohammad Aman Ibrahim, an engineer by profession, whose lineage was traced to the distinguished people of Helmand province. Ehsan's interest in music developed in early childhood when he learned to play the accordion. This led to his participation in his high school music functions that raised public support for his professional pursuit of music. After completing his high school education, Ehsan won a scholarship to enter Kabul University and he followed his father's footsteps to study.
