The following year, Jaojoby met the manager of the local Hilton hotel by chance while the two were waiting together at a bus stop. Accepting the manager's invitation to audition at the hotel's Papillon bar that same night, Jaojoby performed a cover of James Brown's "Sex Machine".
The following year, Jaojoby met with the Hilton hotel's local supervisor at a bus stop. The supervisor invited Jaojoby to perform an audition at the Papillon bar that same night, and Jaojoby sang a rendition of James Brown's "Sex Machine".