Baikoko was first seen in the Kisosora area of Tanga town and performed by a group called Bazoka. In town now the instrumentation stayed the same but changed face by being adapted to materials available in the city. Thus the drums are now made from plastic drainage pipes of varying sizes, the maboya from buoys otherwise used in port to guide ships, the rattles are made from empty tins.
Baikoko mara ya kwanza ilipigwa na kundi lijulikanalo Bazoka katika maeneo ya kisosora mkoani Tanga. Maeneo ya vijijini vifaa vya baikoko huwa havibadilishwi lakini kwa mjini hubadilishwa mara kwa mara kutokana na upatikanaji wa vifaa, kwa mfano ngoma za mjini zinatengenezwa kutokana na plastiki.