I don`t know much about Brazilian music either, Miss P, but you might like to look at these ideas before you erase the rest of your friend`s collection:-
http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...ic-brazil.html
(Yes, I agree, a little
bossa nova is fine, but it`s a rather over-exploited genre.)
ooh - just remembered that this old cd has some good tracks on it, like this long, sustained instrumental :-
Other good tracks are by Alex Kidd, the Boyz From Brazil, Russ Gabriel, the Deal and Isolee ... so you could watch out for their names too.