 After participating in the ESC Rapsat would go on to become one of Belgium's most successful and celebrated singer-songwriters of all time, often referred to as a "modern day Jaques Brel", known for his narrative and poetic lyrics, musically combining influences from French chanson with rock, blues and reggae and in his later career also with rhythms from the Middle East and Africa.After three decades of bestselling singles, albums and tours in his native Belgium but still struggling to become fully recognised in the rest of the francophone world, the 2001 album "Dazibao" and the hit single "Les Rêves Sont En Nous" finally managed to become his proper breakthrough in France, Switzerland, Luxembourg and other neighbouring countries.Unknown to his audiences both in Belgium and abroad, Rapsat was at that point fighting cancer and he unexpectedly died the following year, at the age of 53.