Formed in 1968 as Opus Gainfull in Voorburg near Den Haag
In 1969 jerney Kaagman joins and the band is named Earth and Fire.
First hit recording is the song memories by George Kooymans from Golden Earring
In the early 70-s they are very succesfull making a lot of hit records
In the 80-s at lot of changes in the band lead to no good and they disband in 1987
Last recording Ton Scherpenzeel from Kayak and Camel played in this band.
Bert Ruiter was from Focus and married Jerny Kaagman who became chairlady of the POPbv union. A union for musicians.
Keyboard player Gerard Koerts died on 20th februari 2019 at the age of 71.