 Gomes later admitted in an interview hosted by MTV in 2011 that he turned down the invitation because he would be a hired musician and that he would only leave Brazil to be a member of a permanent band and not as an employee.In the 1990s he re-encountered his old partner Moraes Moreira and they released two albums, "Moraes e Pepeu" and "Moraes e Pepeu ao vivo no Japão", and while on tour were the closing act of Rock in Rio II.In 1993 Gomes released a new album which obtained a deal of success, driven by the song "Sexy Yemanjá" which was the sound track of the soap opera "Mulheres de Areia" on TV Globo.