This singer is more often compared to a poet than a musician, though EBIET G. ADE seems to have equal appeal among Indonesian men and women. Beat-up tapes of his songs can be found in thousands of taxis and warung (food stalls) as if a collection of Indonesian music would be incomplete without him.

Like Gordon Lightfoot, Al Stewart or Christopher Cross, this Javanese favorite captured a mood of the 1970s, not to mention millions of hearts. Though he disappeared from the music scene for years, he came back with an album in 1996. Music from "Kupu-Kupu Kertas" (Paper Butterflies) is included among the classics on "Best of the Best." But as is the case with most of his peers like Broery and Chrisye, the early classics will always b e the most in demand by those in need of nostalgia and memories of a bygone era.