He is acknowledged as a real national musical treasure in Romania. In May 2000, AG is leaving Romania for a “cultural exile" in the USA. Upon his arrival he got into the Chicago club circuit – worked for Son Seals, Laurie Bell, Pistol Pete, Chico Banks, Willie Kent & The Gents - then moves to NYC and performs in Decade, Bitter End, Red Lion, Stone Pony. Then he got hired by Sandie Brooks - country singer from Nashville, TN for a national tour which goes all over the US. Finally he settles in Las Vegas. AG's first American album was recorded at the beginning of 2005, in Nashville, TN and in Seattle, WA being produced by Tom Hambridge (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Johnny Winter, Bonnie Raitt, Susan Tedeschi, Delbert McClinton, Johnny Lang, etc.)