How long has he been away?
Early 1999. He went on tour in Africa and went trought Cameroon on his own to Paris to mix La Guerre de 100 Ans and there he received a 1-year contract to tour in the USA, after signing that contract he went back to Kenya without going back to Kinshasa (He really dissapointed and brought whole band inclu reserve-members to Nairobi), went to 3/4 other African countries and then took a big part of Big Stars to the US and never went back to Kinshasa.