Mode expansion inside a waveguide

In the classic book by Collin (Foundations for Microwave Engineering, 2nd ed.), the author postulates on p. 278 that, given a waveguide structure that stretches along the $z$ axis with open ends (see figure attached), and given a current source $J$ inside the region captured by the two transverse planes at $z=z_{1}$ and $z=z_{2}$ in the wvaeguide, then the electromagnetic fields generated to the right ($E^{+},H^{+}$) and to the left ($E^{-},H^{-}$) may be given as expansions of the orthogonal waveguide natural modes (eigenfunctions) as:

$$ boldsymbol{E}^{+}=sum_{n}C^{+}_{n} (boldsymbol{e_{n}}+boldsymbol{e_{zn}})e^{-ibeta_{n}z} ; z>z_{2} $$
$$ boldsymbol{H}^{+}=sum_{n}C^{+}_{n} (boldsymbol{h_{n}}+boldsymbol{h_{zn}})e^{-ibeta_{n}z} ; z>z_{2} $$
$$ boldsymbol{E}^{-}=sum_{n}C^{-}_{n} (boldsymbol{e_{n}}-boldsymbol{e_{zn}})e^{ibeta_{n}z} ; z<z_{1} $$
$$ boldsymbol{H}^{-}=sum_{n}C^{-}_{n} (-boldsymbol{h_{n}}+boldsymbol{h_{zn}})e^{ibeta_{n}z} ; z<z_{1} $$

where $C$ are amplitude coefficients, $e_{n},h_{n}$ are the transverse components of such modes, while the $e_{zn},h_{zn}$ are their longitudinal components. Note that the author uses symbol $j$ instead of $i$ for $sqrt{-1}$ in the image attached. Bold symbols are vectors.

I understand the expansion itself in terms of the modes, but I am not sure why did the author insert a minus sign ($-$) in front of $e_{zn}$ and $h_{n}$ in the last two equations? I assume that explaining one would lead to the other (from curl relations).

Could it be because he assumed, for example, that the $e_{zn}$ mode is origially defined to be along the $+z$-direction, and by looking into the opposite direction for $E^{-}$ we then see this reversed? And shouldn’t inverting $e^{-ibeta_{n}z}$ to $e^{ibeta_{n}z}$ be the only mathematical operation made in moving from one direction to another?