 The music culture this created not only propelled Congolese rumba to fame, but began to develop a national culture for the first time.In 1955, Wendo, along with two other singer/guitarists (Antoine Bukasa and Manuel D’Oliveira) formed an all-star orchestra known as the ""Trio Bow"", recording new variations on the rumba and other dance musics for Ngoma, with hits such as ""Sango ya bana Ngoma"", ""Victoria apiki dalapo"", ""Bibi wangu Madeleine"", ""Yoka biso ban’Angola"", and ""Landa bango"".Although he never achieved comparable international success similar to that of Papa Wemba or Zaiko Langa Langa, he played throughout Africa, Europe and the USA and is recognized as one of the fathers of modern African music and an elder statesman of Congolese Soukous.