The bar band's most successful song is their rendition of 'As Dores do Mundo' ('Pains of the World'), a huge hit by Bahian soulman Hyldon in the '70s. Next the contract with Sony Music came, and then the first official CD was released in August 1996. At the time, the group played the bar circuit and schools of Belo Horizonte and gathered more than 2,000 people per show. Quest inspired by the cartoon Jonny Quest, the idea of bassist PJ (though none of the members were fans of the Cartoon). Jota Quest sold over 4,000,000 copies in Brazil, Latin America and Portugal. Eventually the band exposed its Clube da Esquina influences, including collaborations with Minas Gerais exponents Paulinho Pedra Azul and Milton Nascimento in Oxigenio as well as jams with 14 Bis and a collaboration with Roberto Carlos over his hit single ' Alem do Horizonte'. Jota Quest initially stood apart from Minas Gerais' musical tradition by garnering national success with pop rock and blue eyed soul-tinged pop. The band members include: Rogério Flausino (vocals), Marco Túlio (guitar), Márcio Buzelin (keyboards), 'PJ' – Paulo Roberto Diniz, Jr. Quest, but due to trademark issues with Hanna-Barbera, they renamed themselves Jota Quest ( jota being the Portuguese name for the letter j). The band was founded in 1993 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais as J.
