In November 2006, Forro in the Dark released their debut album Bonfires of São João, which includes guest performances from Bebel Gilberto, David Byrne and Miho Hatori.
SFWeekly regarded the band as "[pushing] the genre [of forró] even further, adding fuzzed-out guitar riffage, turntable scratchery, and breathy, honking sax .. and recorded live with only minimal overdubs, giving them a rushing vibrancy .. the band's tunes shudder and shake like an epileptic belly dancer."[REF] .