In 2014 it was awarded a diamond certification from the Independent Music Companies Association,[2] which indicated sales of at least 200,000 copies throughout Europe.

[3] This album was made at the end of World Circuit's three week recording session at EGREM Studios in Havana that had started in March 1996.

[4]: 3  Every morning during the recording of A Toda Cuba le Gusta (produced by Juan de Marcos González), Rubén would wait for the studio's doors to open and would rush to the piano and play.

The same would happen throughout the recording of Buena Vista Social Club (produced by Ry Cooder).

Not only was he asked to stay, but he was invited to record his own album, to choose his own repertoire and to play for as long as he wanted.