It's pretty incredible how someone who is so tuned-out with dementia can respond to certain triggers. Music, pets and children seem to get the best results but it's good for both of you that he remembered you in particular. That wold have made it easier for him, and a better memory for you also.
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You are right. It was the small things that triggered the most. We were walking on the beach and he could name all the shells. I can't remember them all. Moments in time. When the Berlin Wall fell, His mother's picture. (she died when he was 7) he had vivid memories of here. He never talked about here when we were growing up.
He remembered he liked ice cream. :) I wasn't so much worried about my memories, only the confusion of having someone that you don't know caring for you. I didn't want to be that stranger and it seemed to give him comfort.
Music - indeed!