In the following period, he played in various local bands, and in 1988, he became a member of the most popular local band Casablanca, at that time in a contract with Jugoton.
U narednom razdoblju svirao je u raznim lokalnim bendovima, a 1988. godine je postao članom popularnog brodskog benda Casablanca, koji su u to vrijeme imali ugovor s Jugotonom.