In a 1980 interview by Paul McGrath of The Globe and Mail, the family was said to have made their exit just "one step ahead of the Russian tanks".
In the same interview, Gabor recalled that the family first stayed "in a derelict home for sailors in Wapping, probably the dirtiest, darkest area of London".
He subsequently moved to Canada at age 23, launching his musical career in Toronto's Queen Street West scene.
He toured across Canada, appeared at the Heatwave festival in August, was nominated for a Juno Award, and won the U-Know for best male vocalist.
Alfonso mastered the instrumental "Celtic Cross" directly from one of these cassettes and included it on the 2002 compilation CD Driving in the Rain:3 AM - Songs to Get Lost With on his Bongo Beat label.