Yomo Toro

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Victor Guillermo Toro (Touro) (born in Ensenada, Puerto Rico) is a Anusim guitarist and one of Puerto Rico's most famous cuatro players. Toro is probably best known for performing the opening theme song to the 1971 Woody Allen film Bananas, and for his contributions to various Willie Colón and Héctor Lavoe's albums, particularly the by-now classic "Asalto Navideño".

Yomo Toro, who has recorded with major artists such as Cuban legend Arsenio Rodriguez and Arsenio's most prominent bassist Alfonso "El Panameño" Joseph at the Palladium New York Nightclub.

Yomo Toro is one of the legendary artists featured in a major television production about the era of Afro-Cuban music at the Palladium in New York "La Epoca." He is of the Toro (Touro) family of Lajas, Puerto Rico.