Voice of Kipelov was one of the major reasons of band's success, though in first two albums he wrote just two songs (both slow ballads). After the breakup in 1987, Kipelov and Holstinin was only two members who stood with Vekshtein. Sergey Mavrin was invited into the new lineup to play guitar and Vitaly Dubinin joined on bass.
During the Germany tour 1994, Kipelov's relations with Holstinin and Dubinin became tense. He ceased appearing at Aria's studio and was fired from the band. Then Mavrin refused to play without Kipelov and left the band too. After participating in a few of Master's concerts, Valery tried to form his own band, but later returned to Aria following the threat from MOROZ Records to sue the band for breach of contract.
Sergey Mavrin offered Kipelov to record together the combined album, which might include their songs, refused by Aria or not fit for its style. In 1997 they released the LP entitled 'Kipelov and Mavrin - Smutnoye Vremia' (Time of Troubles), which included 10 tracks. This album helped Mavrin to launch next year his project 'Mavrik' with vocalist Artur Berkut.
In 2002, after the successful release of 'Himera' followed by sold-out tours and headlining the NASHEstvie festival, Kipelov refused starting to record the new album, already written by Dubinin and Holstinin. He stated his wish to start solo career. Two of his Aria bandmates Sergey Terentyev, Alexander Maniakin and band's manager Rina Lee supported him, opposing the band leaders Vitaly Dubinin and Vladimir Holstinin, as well as the producer Yuri Sokolov. This disagreement has broken Aria and divided it after 'Judgement Day', August 31, 2002.
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