 Two years later Gil released his most successful album to date, ‘Nos Lider (meaning ‘Our Leader’), which sold over 100,000 copies within the first three months of release and reached gold and platinum status in several countries worldwide.At the end of 1999 Gil suffered a tragic accident by falling down 8 floors from a hotel in Dakar, Senegal, while shooting a video for his single "Nha Namorada".Gil miraculously survived the fall, but he lost his left foot because of the accident.