Eviatar Banai's official entry into the family business arrived with his 1997 self-titled debut. The album presents kaleidoscopic musical influences—part jangling pop-rock, part moody piano cabaret and part classical string ensemble. Banai's distinctive voice is his strongest asset throughout, a quivering vibrato forming a raw and intimate sound, even in the record's brighter moments. Notably, the hit "Matai Nitnashek" was an alt-pop triumph in an album packed with highlights.