The band played progressive/art rock with the elements of new wave, synthpop and reggae, often resorting to the works of professional poets, like Arseny Tarkovsky, Semyon Kirsanov, Yuri Levitansky and Justinas Marcinkevičius.

A year later they returned home, now as Gaudeamus, with Breitburg and his new line-up starting to explore the possibilities of the quasi-classical musical format, with the 30-minute art rock suite Zemlya Lyudei, Land of Humans.

Being encouraged here in their experiments, they came up with the musical spectacle Slovo ob Igorevom pokhode (based on the 12th century Russian folklore epic Tale of Igor's Campaign) to be produced and performed in different Soviet cities in the course of the tour that followed.

They performed the art rock suite Pod Odnim Nebom (Under the Common Sky) based on the poem by Semyon Kirsanov and were awarded the 3rd prize, Breitburg winning in the Best vocalist category.

[5][7] In 1981 Dialog moved to the Kemerovo Philharmonics and staged there another Breitburg's magum opus, the prog rock suite Ya Chelovek (I Am Human) based on the poem by the Lithuanian poet Justinas Marcinkevičius.

The band embarked upon another tour, impressively produced concerts now divided into two parts, the first presenting the suite, the second a more pop/rock-oriented set, both backed by the unique (for the Soviet standards, anyway) light and laser show.

[7] The mainstream Soviet press ignored them but specialists praised Dialog's delicate treatment of 'serious' poetry by Kirsanov, Marcinkevičius, Arseny Tarkovsky, Vadim Shefner and Yuri Levitansky, processed through artful arrangements, following the route set in the early 1970s by bands like Genesis and Yes.

[3] The 1983 compilation Kvadratny chelovek (Square Man) was released originally on tape and became popular with the audiences of the Soviet discotheques and youth clubs.

"I instantly felt at home," the singer later wrote in his autobiography, mentioning the friendships they made, notably with Steve Hackett whom a year later they invited to perform at the 1988 Tallinn Rock festival.

Soon after the 1991 release of Poseredine mira (Посередине мира, At the Center of the World, a suite written by Konstantin Meladze and Breitburg and based on Arseny Tarkovsky's poetry) Dialog disbanded.