two of his older brothers speak in behalf of the family,they say he was a father of three daughters and grandfather of two(had the first one quite young)
their father was the drummer of mythic group thu zaina so drumming was a bit genetic for them as one of the two brothers talking also was a drummer well known by a lot of leaders
they say they was surprised that he passed away because he was not telling them that he was sick he just called one of the brothers to say i will call you back when we return and they got informed of his death
so they were called to recognize his body at mortuary and they regretted that only two of them were them but at least crredit to the group for paying their tickets,and it was hard to inform their parents who are both still alive
so they tried to get to know what happened,and roger ngandu told them he was feeling uncomfortable and they took him to hospital where they were told that his situation required surgery to solve his intestinal issues so they booked a plane ticket so that him and roger travel to kin so that he can have surgery and be around his family but then he collapsed twice in the plane and had to be returned to hospital before the flight took off and he died there
and then they asked the unofficial chef d'orchestre gentamicine who was his room mate at hotel and who confirmed the same version,and they insisted to his fiancée who were first saying he was not sick at all and she ended up confessing that he could not go to toilet for a whole week prior to the trip and so on,and they managed to talk to a drummer of lubumbashi that blaise had called to help him out in case he needs a break as the second drummer of bcbg,former viva la musica,drummer daddy puff is still in learning process of the songs and could not make the trip and that drummer confirmed the same things so they put all the information together and finally came to the conclusion that it was natural death
one of the brothers said he met jb when they went to identify the body and jb could not even walk because he was like paralysed by the bad news and that they thank him because throughout all what happened the family has not spent a single cent which shows he considered his employee
they say blaise joined in late 2000 when titina was still around and titina was like a mentor for him especially as they grew up two streets apart so it was like he was playing with his own little brother,and late seguin aswell was fantastic to him through his 25 years in the band
they say they were annoyed by new bcbg spokesman rocky kilolo,without naming him, talking about the funerals having to be done quicker because bcbg has to respond at french embassy for visas since they are coming so he was meant to be buried already so they were hurt by that comment,which is why they had a big of meltdown,but then they could sit with the group and plan for funerals beyond the date rocky was announcing out of euphoria
and them and bcbg are fully united on the program of burial,which again will be totally funded by bcbg
i believe he was afraid to inform the group and then having to miss the tour potentially,not the first time that it happens,first of all a lot of musicians including leaders themselves like to belittle ilness except flu and stuff like that which can interfere in their singing,there is always a believe that it will be fine even though a part of it is also that some musicians not having the courage to tell leaders anymore that there are sick because it becomes a circus where they tell one person of the close staff who reaches out to another then another or whatever then it reaches the leader or sometimes even not then it will go down the same circus for either of them or even somebody else giving him a rude response,on behalf of the leader
