He attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California, where he played varsity American football.

Human Drama contributed a song, "Wave of Darkness", to the 1987 collection Scream: The Compilation on Geffen Records.

Their waltz version of the classic "What Child is This" was released in 1995 on the compilation Excelsis Vol.1: A Dark Noel on Projekt Records.

In 1993, with the release of Human Drama’s fourth album Pinups on Triple X Records, Balderas returned, this time for good.

Again Balderas provided piano and old vintage sounds from the 1960's and 1970's such as (Wurlitzer, Fendor Rhodes, Mini Moog, Mellotron, and Hammond B3 Organ.

This performance prompted Balderas and Indovina to start working on their latest album Ten Small Fractures.

This acoustic album was a compilation of ten previous classic hits from Human Drama and arranged for piano by Balderas and accompanied with violin, flute, bass and nylon string guitar.