In 1978, Ķiģelis left the band, stating that his and Pavītols’s artistic differences were impossible to overcome. He then formed his own band, Corpus, and tried to distance himself from his former musical partners. Līvi replaced him with Modris Šterns. In 1980, Ķiģelis returned to the band, along with three new members: 17-year-old singer Rodrigo Fomins, drummer Vilnis Krieviņš, and the band’s sound engineer Juris Jakovļevs. Krūmiņš and Šterns left the band around this time. Ķiģelis immediately returned to songwriting, and Līvi’s popularity rose, leading to their appearance in many music festivals and the recording of their first album, the self-titled Līvi , released in 1983.
In 1978, Ķiģelis left the band, stating that his and Pavītols’s
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