Reality was founded in 1970 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, by 8 musicians from Surinam, Curaçao and Aruba. They released their first, untitled album in 1972 on [l16761]. Their second, also untitled album was released in 1973 on [l761765] as Tony And Reality. In 1973, lead singer Tony Sherman (real name Renold Shearman) went solo and the remaining members changed the name to Solat, teaming up with singer Billy Jones. Solat released a couple of singles and recorded with Hans Dulfer as Dulfer & Perikels.