You would think that because he was in both in the Wenge and QL camps he would have learned to make killer generiques and have a HUGE advantage over his rival. :/

I'm still a fan of his voice tho.

I remember both Charly Solo and Hadji Solo saying that Ferre Gola directs them how to play. That's maybe the reason why his generics flops and his songs sounds monotonic, while guitarists should to be free to do their things. We all saw how Rigo Star, Maika Munan, Safro Mazangani, Beniko Popolipo &  Lokassa Ya Mbongo contributed to the careers of Tabu Ley, Papa Wemba, Koffi Olomide & King Kester Emeneya by doing their thing. Olivier Tshimanga complained about that during the recordings of Boite Noire.

Bercy single handedly ruined this generique

Ferre's sebene are usually better live in concert and rehearsal  then recorded in studio. The new anaimtors are bad, the one that sounded like Bercy (Spartacus animation) has some potential.