With a career spanning over three decades, Paulo Gonzo has been one of the leading lights in the Portuguese popular music scene. And for someone who has based his career mainly on the strength of adult contemporary-friendly ballads, it's somehow puzzling to realize that he made his start as the lead singer of the Go Graal Blues Band, whose style of music was almost perfectly encapsulated by their name, with a few dashes of vintage R&B thrown in for good measure. After releasing four English-language albums, the bandmembers went their separate ways, paving the way for Gonzo's very successful solo career. ~ Ricardo Raínho