So Blaise left Bcbg because of the plan that Jb was gonna be dressed like a King at Zenith and he was gonna wear normal uniform? I always thought he left because they never visited him at the hospital, and he was waiting to return to bcbg after Zenith.
Was the plan always to bring Kibens and co at Zenith even if Blaise was still around?

Why leaders always give a different version about their departure after years. Because his musician Oasis and somebody else close to Blaise, said that it was due to JB abandon not visiting him in hospital, giving fake reasons that they were busy with preparing Zenith and TH. Calugi being the only one to visit him in Ngaliema, but being warned by the BCBG-camp and also ended up by not coming anymore and Blaise almost died. Then when he recovered, JB sended people to him to get him back, when working in the studio for Ponderation 8, Blaise then saying that they had to say ..... (insults)  to JB and that he won't come anymore.

 Blaise said the same thing, that they abandon him in hospital, in I think Paulin Mukendi's show in 1999 and in the same year, he said that he was waiting for BCBG's return and working on an album. Other sources said that he already working on Ponderation 8 at home for the next Europe-tour and JB being mad about it, but not saying anything, just profiting when they came in Abidjan by suspending him after fighting Fi-Carre.



I don't think that Blaise left, because of knowing that JB was about to be dressed like a king, because those things are always knew min. 1 month before the event, while Blaise wasn't coming to concerts and rehearhals anymore since 3/4 months.

The plan of bringing Kibens, Rio, Chai, Heritier (he ended up by getting being left behind, because of his age) and Bidjana (Gentamicine went in his place). Started just before the show at l'Esplanade Palais du Peuple organised by Serge Kasanda where they were presented. Before the show JB had an interview with Mbuyi Bwewe or Mamie Ilela (I don't remember) where JB presented them and said that they would go to Zenith. Blaise Bula wasn't coming anymore at that time, but hadn't officially left.

The thing is that blaise was certain that what they had planned in wenge 4X4 after the idea of vieux denewade was maintained,so him being the number 2 now would have to release an album since jb and makaba previously released,while if not for jb monsieur simon would not have signed them he had his secret ambition seeing in jb the star of 4X4 to do business on and with him as much as possible
the same can be seen on wenge maison mere with nsone tata and fondé all having just after intervention rapide,enough songs to do think about solo albums and werra like blaise operated on the idea of 4X4 that it was his turn after jb while it was another story which had started
also about blaise being axed from what i know it started with seguin following rio who was still working with blaise and there he started seeing that blaise was preparing several songs with his home group  while he only had to have two if  next group album was done
so jb was like "ah bonnn muana mayi alingi alekela nga mayele"and this is one of the reasons why also they abandoned blaise in hospital,for them it was not true it was a pretext to leave(in clan wenge until today some musicians left like that faking to be sick to miss out while preparing carefully their exit ) so they suspected the same strategy but by the time he knew via caludji and mbuta kiss that blaise was really sick it was too late tension had already grown on blaise's side who was already against TH being done after titanic  while like i said above mr simon's focus was jb and  he did not like makaba and blaise much they were very very very demanding in terms of money while jb wanted more to make a statement for his career knowing that sooner or later he will make big money( this reminds me of an interview of marie paul with 33 tshitenge recently where he said that when he left in 1991 money was disappearing as the financial director was claiming it was lost and jb even as a president was not seeing much of the money,and jb told him bro dont worry let them eat (nsone and masela) our turn will come,ahhh i need to find the interview again and post it was an interesting interview with de paul with no polemic)

I think Blaise didn't talk about the real reason of his departure from bcbg because he didn't want to create problems with jb and his camp.
I still would've loved to have seen him at Zenith and Olympia, I always say Blaise left bcbg too early.