Kispál és a Borz were founded in 1987 by Gábor Bräutigam, Rezső Ózdi, András Kispál and András Lovasi. The band's name was originally supposed to be "Borz" ("Badger"), a name similar to the then-popular bands The Doors and Bros. [3] However, Kispál complained that all of his past bands were named after animals and all of them failed, so the others decided to also highlight his name in the final version.