as bregović left for his own army stint in november 1977, thus putting the band on hiatus, ristovski and ivandić decided to start working on a side project. naming their act laza & ipe, they recorded the symphonic rock-oriented album entitled "stižemo" ("here we come") in london during february and march 1978. the album, featuring lyrics by ranko boban, was recorded in london with leb i sol leader vlatko stefanovski on guitar, zlatko hold on bass guitar, and goran kovačević and ivandić's sister gordana on vocals. the album was well received by the critics, and ristovski and ivandić decided to leave bijelo dugme.