[5] Around that time, Russo was also finishing his second solo album, Equilíbrio Distante, while the other two members (guitarist Dado Villa-Lobos and drummer Marcelo Bonfá) joined EMI-Odeon artistic manager João Augusto to remaster the group's six previous albums and release them in a box set titled Por Enquanto – 1984/1995 (Meanwhile - 1984/1995).

[6] A Tempestade ou O Livro dos Dias was recorded from January 1996 on[6] at AR Estúdios, in Barra da Tijuca.

Bonfá preferred the name O Livro dos Dias, a phrase found in the first part of the booklet, which also had a quote by Oswald de Andrade: "Brazil is a federative repuclic full of trees and people saying goodbye".

[2] Jorge Davidson, artistic director that took the band to EMI-Odeon, working at Sony at the time, was invited by Russo for a visit to listen to the finished album.

But several songs remained unpublished, including 'A Tempestade', vetoed by Renato himself because was much too depressed, talking about suicide—this describes the last love affair's end, with a guy called Cristiano.

The tracks with most airplay were "A Via Láctea" and "Dezesseis"; with "L'Avventura", "Esperando por mim"and other enjoying limited success.

[1]Ricky Martin made a Spanish-language cover of "A Via Láctea" named "Gracias por Pensar en Mi" ("Thanks for Thinking of Me").