 In his late thirties in Pittsburgh, TaliasVan joined a Catholic black gospel choir, belonging to the St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania—when he went back home to record his first vinyl album Unicorn Love in 1985 at Aircraft Studios in Dormont, Pennsylvania.He then went to Los Angeles to market his commercial spiritual vocal album, which was the beginning of CosmoPop music.While he was there, he was chosen as lead vocalist with the one-hundred-voice black gospel choir of St. Brigid Catholic Church in Los Angeles, California.