more than 11 members of the band left, including Ilo Pablo, Bimi Ombale and Lengi Lenga, who also were the headliners of a new group. Zaïko Langa Langa Familia Dei was born. Likinga, who served his sentence in Portugal, joined the group for a short period. A quarrel between Zaïko Langa Langa Nkolo Mboka and Zaïko Langa Langa Familia Dei was triggered after this split. The war was also notable in the early records of both factions after the split. Zaïko Langa Langa released their nineteenth LP entitled "Jetez l'Éponge" in December 1989, a medley to introduce the new members of the band. 1990–1999: "Ici ça va…Fungola Motema" to "Poison" In 1990, Zaïko Langa Langa became the headliner of concerts in French halls, including the Maison de la Mutualité. During the tour they recorded their twentieth album "Ici ça va…Fungola Motema" containing 6 songs including "Exil" composed by Adamo Ekula. The song was acclaimed Best song of Year 1991. The following year, 1991, they prepared their next album "Jamais Sans Nous". The album had included the hit "Dede" composed by Jossart N'Yoka Longo. They then begin another tour between Paris, Belgium and Switzerland with performances notably at La Madeleine. After the tour, they stay in Kinshasa for 3 years and prepare N'Yoka Longo's first solo album, Avis de Recherche. At the same time, they performed many concerts, notably a "fara-fara" (duel concerts) against Wenge Musica in the Intercontinental Hotel of Kinshasa, which they won, and also a two-day reunion concert of the Langa Langa clan on 15–16 November 1993 with Papa Wemba and the members who had previously left to create Zaïko Langa Langa Familia Dei. Apart from those concerts, they also performed concerts around East Africa. In early 1995, after arriving in Paris to record their next album, they played a "concert-duel" with Pépé Kallé. Eventually, on May 31, 1995, Zaïko Langa Langa's twenty-second album "Avis de Recherche" was released. The album receives a great success which allows the group to emerge another European tour of a year and a half. Upon their return to Kinshasa, the group obtained contracts with Castel Beer in 1997. They also recruited young musicians to rejuvenate their lineup. Their new album, Nous y Sommes, released on October 2, 1998, was recorded at a popular local studio in Kinshasa, N'Diaye, which also produced the record. The ensemble arrived in Paris in 1999, they performed