I knew that it would end that way. If you hear the name Bendoson, you already know that the band will not last long. 3/4 years ago there was also similar project with the same guys along with Gessac and I also think Joss Diena. But it went nowhere.
Bendo's departure means the end of Bana Viva, because now they dont have a charismatic leader. They need to associate Reddy Amisi or Stino Mubi if they want still to exist. Reddy will never accept it because he already has his own Casa do Canto and he likes money. Stino Mubi is Europe-based and he won't leave his wife and his grandchildren to be in Kinshasa for months to just do that humilating matolo and receive peannuts from kinshasa-concerts. If he would accept, I already see him making a dirty plan to get Pompom, Apocalyps and Vieux Stella Uomo "chien méchant" out from the band to be the only leader and get full control.
Stino really wasted his time in Europe. I am sure that he would gave done bigger things than Reddy in Kinshasa if he accepted to come back in 2001/02 with that album that he prepared with Alex Azulino that never came out
Its really sad. If it was