were already having problems with their relationship. According to a colleague, Nievera thought he was already retired from music after 1976, but he found gigs performing with Pilita Corrales, who invited him to her concerts. In 1978, he followed Nievera from the two previous years with another release, an all-Filipino album titled Sumasainyo, Nievera, under the Blackgold label of Vicor. His son began his own singing career in the Philippines in 1982. According to Martin, "Dad gave me a choice. He said, 'Stay in America and try your luck in Hollywood or come to the Philippines and let me help you start living your dream.'" Nievera arranged his son's first media interview after returning to the country. In 1985, his third album, Nievera Remembers, was released by WEA Records. Nievera also came back to the Philippines in 1989. He and his wife separated, of which he later said in 2001, "Some good things never last. Something happened, so... I'm so lucky that I've found love the second time around." Carol Hernandez, his second wife, bore their child, son Lance, in 19891990. Nievera also took in Hernandez's three children from her previous marriage and his new family grew to include two more children who were adopted. 19902002: Timeless In the Philippines, he launched the Bert Nievera Music Lounge in Makati and also made guest appearances on television. Nievera himself began hosting on television, starring on IBC-13's Chairman of the Board. In 1991, he started embarking on a series of concerts titled Timeless at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex. Nievera described Timeless as a montage of his career's evolution. Accompanied by the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, he sang medleys of musicians Henry Mancini, Frank Sinatra, George Gershwin, Nat King Cole, the Platters, Michel Legrand, and George Canseco, along with songs from Broadway. Martin also performed, as well as other guests of Nievera's choice. In 1994, Nievera and his wife organized the concert of Italian opera singer Luciano Pavarotti at the Philippine International Convention Center. He recorded another album titled Salamat sa Pag-ibig, his fourth and last, released in 1996 by RJ Productions. Its song "A Christmas Lullaby" won the 1997 Awit Award for Best Christmas Recording. He also contributed to Martin's 1999 album Return to Forever, singing a duet of Jeffrey Osborne's "The Greatest Love Affair". Nievera concurrently traveled to Australia, the Middle East, US, Brunei, Singapore, and Malaysia to perform;