 Even though he was met with a hostile reception from Brazilian artists, Gomes was applauded and succeeded in winning them over.Gomes considers Rock in Rio to be one of the best moments of his career and after the show was greeted by John Sykes, the guitarist of Whitesnake.In the late 1980s, he returned to instrumental music dedicating himself to his guitar playing, covering old hits such as Os Chorinhos "Brasileirinho" (Waldir Azevedo) and "Noites Cariocas" (Jacob do Bandolim), artists who were present in the beginning of his career that helped make him famous as a virtuoso.