 Ibarra left Timbiriche in 1986, and from 1985 to 1989 he studied jazz, guitar, classical music, and composition at the Walnut Hill School in Boston.In 1998, Timbiriche reunited to tour Mexico and Central America, and in 1999 released a live album "El Concierto".Ibarra recorded the album "Mar Adentro en la Sangre" with Guadalajara-based progressive rock band Santa Sabina the same year.