To know as everything it started we should return at the beginning of the seventies, when Manu Da Silva meets Bernie Bonvoisin in the Paris suburbs. They become inseparable friends and it is natural when Bernie founds TRUST in 1977, Manu becomes roadie of the group

After Seventh Tour Of A Seventh Tour, Manu then retired to Portugal where he then took on running EDDIE'S BAR at Steve's request which opened in 1989.

Other annecdotes : Manu is a member of Moto Club in Faro, which organises one of the most important motorbike meeting in Europe

Also to note, the film "Les démons de jésus" (see poster and technique file here) directed by Bernie Bonvoisin in 1996. This movie is freely inspired from souvenirs from the youth of the former singer of Trust. He correctly describes The background in which Bernie and Manu lived in the 70's between Nanterre and Argenteuil.  

Like many of his fellow countryman, Steve Harris enjoys the weather of the Algarve, a tourist region in the South of Portugal, so much that he decided to build a villa where he lives most of the time, when he's not touring around the world or in his English Manor

The idea of creating EDDIE'S BAR came to him because he wanted to be able to have a couple of beers in a rock pub, however, in that time he couldn't find this type of place in the Algarve. Using the old saying "If you want a job done, do it yourself!", he decided to open its own bar and trust the management to its old friend Manu Da Silva (Ex-roadie from the group)

EDDIE'S BAR opened its doors for the first time on September 14th 1989 and quickly became a Sanctuary for all the true fans of IRON MAIDEN, because the decoration is composed by old artefacts of the band that were kept at Steve Harris's house in Essex.

As soon as we entered in this small world, our eyes will rarely stop, because decoration is so vast that forces us to observe everything that is in the walls, ceiling and in the corners of the Bar. It is with a lot of pride and vanity that we can boast of there being in Portugal, a space like this that attracts people of all corners of the world and where can admire some of the immense things belonging to Iron Maiden, as old and recent pictures, golden and platinum records, posters, flags, rare t-shirts (whose values in the black market reach exorbitant quantities), a Bass of Steve Harris, cymbals of Nicko McBrain's Drums and of other bands, drawings and sculptures done by fans of several nationalities, a sarcophagus among open (with Eddie there inside!) and two of the mummified statues of Eddie, used at stage in World Slavery Tour - 1984/85, among other things.

Unhappily Manu Da Silva is no longer with us. On Tuesday 31st May of 2005, with 50 years, Manu passed away after 18 months of fight against the cancer. Rest in peace!!!