At the end of the 1980s, Chigrakov moved to Kharkov after being invited by the leader of "Different People" Alexander Chernatsky.
The great united country soon died and Kharkiv became a foreign country, and things with rock music in Ukraine became not entirely bad. "Different people" were not leaders during the rock hysteria boom, and after the collapse they were left without a job. There were few concerts, and even less money. Chigarkov lives with his pregnant wife in an abandoned house slated for demolition. There was no work and no prospects.
Sasha Chernatsky "different people" at that time was already seriously ill with spondylitis and did not actually participate in the affairs of the group. The entire burden of responsibility for "different people" fell on Chigrakov's shoulders. He records his stuff with the group, the album is called Boogie Kharkov, however due to financial difficulties, the album did not take off and was released only in 1997 at the height of the popularity of the Cheese group and company.
Chigarkov soon had a child, and it became impossible to live with a newborn in a collapsed house. Chigrakov began to think about returning to his homeland. Moreover, after gaining independence, even in Kharkiv, a city with a Russian population, nationalist tendencies began to appear.
Chigarkov decided to move to St. Petersburg - he received an offer from Andrey Borlaka to record an album, which Chigarkov, of course, responded positively and completely without hesitation.
The young rock musician was once noticed by Boris Grabenshchikov and after Chiz moved to the northern capital he supported him in every possible way, since Chigrakov had no money, no housing, no musicians. However, in the early nineties, BG, even after his trip abroad, was looking for common ground with a new public, in a new country, whose population, shocked by the shock policy of Yegor Geider, adapted to living in a new reality.
Cheese had a lot of recording material, the only thing missing was a band and instruments.