This, and "Best Horn Section", turned out be messy categories because not every voter specified the time period, and almost every group has had significant personnel changes. So we added all the votes for a given group and then listed the period which was mentioned the most.

1. Charanga Habanera (pre-breakup)
most mentioned time period:
Michel Maza
Mario Jiménez "Sombrilla"
Dany Lozada

2. Manolín
most mentioned time period: De buena fe recording:
Enrique Pérez "El Gordo"
Lázaro González
Vannia Borges
Haila Mompié

3. NG La Banda
most mentioned time period: En la calle recordings
Tony Calá
Issac Delgado
Paulito FG

4. Issac Delgado
most mentioned time period:
Alexander Díaz
"Juan Carlos"
Issac Delgado
Alfredo Hechevarría

5. Paulito FG y su Élite
most mentioned time period:
Ana Laida
Enrique Castellanos
Sergio Noroña
Yosvel Bernal

6. Manolito y su Trabuco
most mentioned time period included:
Sixto Llorente "El Indio"
Carlos Calunga
Ricardo Amaray
David Bencuomo

7. Charanga Habanera (post-breakup)
most mentioned time period included:
Aned Mota
Eblis Valdivia
Leonid Torres
Noel Díaz

8. Los Van Van
most mentioned time period included:
Mayito Rivera
Roberto Hernández
Yeni Valdés
Abel Rosales "Lele"

8. Orquesta Revé
most mentioned time period:
1987-1990 (ayúdenos! )

9. Klímax
most mentioned time period:
Carlos Calunga
Manuel Denis
Yusef Díaz
Ernesto Manuitt

10. Bamboleo
most mentioned time period:
Osvaldo Chacón
Haila Mompié
Vannia Borges

11. Chispa y su Cómplices
most mentioned time period:
Joel Baranga
Paul Cárdenas
Jivanny Sánchez

12. Los Que Son Son
most mentioned time period:
Armando Cantero
Pepe Gómez
Tirso Duarte
Osiris Martínez