Since March 1997 the quartet "No Olho da Rua" comes to the streets of the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, initially at the Leblon beach, later at Ipanema Beach; Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon and Tom Jobim Park.

The idea of going to the streets, unlike motivated for a possible space lack, was originating from the desire of put together the music and the landscape of Rio de Janeiro. The beach, the bike lane, the kiosks, the people and the whole nature of the city seemed to invite to that purpose. The happiness and the people's receptivity confirmed the success of the decision.

The group "No Olho da Rua" is therefore the materialization of this initiative, and the opportunity to extend to the other points of the city, the music and the history of the Brazilian music, taking for the streets the best of samba-jazz.

Ruy Castro, in your book "Rio Bossa Nova", wrote about the quartet:

"The name of the band speaks for itself: the street as a stage and the people as the public - but, since this stage is Rio, more precisely Ipanema, pleasure is guaranteed, even for the musicians. No Olho da Rua (Paulo Rego, saxophones and flute; Roberto Alves, piano; Xandy Rocha, Bass; and Gustavo Schnaider, drums) can be since 1997, brightening up the Leblon and Lagoa, and the Downtown streets, but its most effective spot is near the Posto 10 in Ipanema, on Sundays, after 10 o'clock in the morning.

"Among its exploits are the vibrant versions of Tom Jobim, Baden Powell and Victor Assis Brasil, with heavy improvisations, side-by-side with themes of great sensibility over which they have practically ensured exclusivity: Ary Barroso's waltz, 'Sombra e Luz', that was never commercially released, and an interpretation of 'Cidade Maravilhosa', by André Filho, which they start at the second part to, only then, move on to the first part, both also as waltzes, before attacking the classic introduction in the beat of a march.

"Going against its name, No Olho da Rua sometimes performs underneath conventional roofs, such as Centro Cultural da Justiça Federal, at Av. Rio Branco, the Carioca da Gema, at av. Mem de Sá, and at the Mistura Fina, at Lagoa. But, for some reason, the direct sunlight and the sandy stage fit them like nobody else."