Antônio Cláudio Silva Cardoso -- Cláudio Bocca grew up in a family of three siblings in North Rio. His first professional gig was at the Ponteio Bar, where he was backed by his now-bandmates Augusto and Márcio. At the company of Antônio's father there was another employee by the name of Gil Figueira, a singer-songwriter who had just recorded his one and only single with the backing of Gaúcho do Luar, founder of the Farroupilha label. At the first meeting between producer Gaúcho do Luar, Cláudio and Gil Figueira, a handshake agreement was reached wherein Cláudio's dad would pay the stipulated amount for the production and pressing of the single that is reissued here. Cláudio would then take the finished tape to the Polygram pressing plant and then later receive the 1000 copies made. The studio became known in the '80s for recording independent projects, and its engineers were acclaimed veterans Toninho Barbosa (the Brazilian Rudy Van Gelder) and Everson Dias. With the help of an PR agency and artist management MM Artglobal, he sent countless copies to radio stations but they only got played once before vanishing into the stations' archives. Jürgen von Knoblauch -- a longtime member of Jazzanova and Sonar Kollektiv -- met Junior Santos, a musician, drummer, and Brazilian music aficionado extraordinaire, when buying records from him. Junior offered Jürgen to buy a record by one Celso Rubinstein/ The collaboration between knowledge fount and collector was fruitful enough that Junior and Jürgen decided to work on more reissues. This Claudio Bocca record is their second collaboration for Notes on a Journey. When releasing older and more obscure music, collaboration is extremely important at NOAJ, especially when it comes to getting the rights and making sure that they rightfully acknowledge all of the musicians involved on a record. Junior Santos, a true expert in the Brazilian music genre, who put together compilations like Brazilian Disco Boogie Sounds (1978-1982) on Favorite Recordings (FVR 098CD/LP, 2014), helped the label track down the rights holders of the featured compositions. He also wrote the liner notes and descriptive texts for each song in Portuguese.