After returning from Europe, at a private event in Rio de Janeiro, the brothers performed for Roberto Vidal, director of renowned Paris Competition, in France. Impressed, he invited them to perform the closing concert of that edition — which would have the legendary Andrés Segovia as its president.
For the repertoire, they decided to take a risk, going against Monina's old advice to restrict themselves only to classical pieces. After all, after coming into contact with the work of Radamés Gnattali — a pioneer in merging the erudite with the popular — and playing the "Suite Retratos", arranged especially for them by Radamés himself, Sérgio felt inspired to expand the duo's repertoire, with their own transcriptions and compositions. One of the first he wrote for the duo it was "Escualo", by Astor Piazzolla.
In Paris, after a program centered on classic works by Couperin, Giuliani, Pierre Petit and Albéniz, the brothers they surprised the audience in the encore with pieces by Gnattali and Piazzolla. The success was enormous and marked the beginning of his career of brothers in Europe. From there, the next step was inevitable.
Shortly afterwards, in 1981, Sérgio and Odair were invited to perform at the 92nd Street Y concert series, in New York. The recital received critical acclaim, including a bombshell review from the New York Times, which named them as the new great global revelation of the guitar.
Soon after, they signed a contract with the renowned agency Harold Shaw Concerts and the brothers' international schedule began to prevent long stays in Brazil.
