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This period became a peak of commercial popularity of the band, especially for the live recording Travels.

First Circle would also be Metheny's last project with ECM Records ; Metheny had been a key artist for ECM but left following conceptual disagreements with label founder Manfred Eicher.

The next Pat Metheny Group releases would be based around a further intensification of the Brazilian rhythms first heard in the early 1980s.

Additional Latin musicians appear as guests, notably Brazilian percussion player Armando Marçal.

Still Life ( Talking ) ( 1987 ) was the Group's first release on new label Geffen Records, and featured several popular tracks, followed by Letter from Home ( 1989 ) which also featured Aznar and Marçal.

During this period The Steppenwolf Theater Company of Chicago featured an assortment of compositions by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays for their production of Lyle Kessler's play Orphans where it has remained special optional music for all productions of the play around the world since.