[3] The first mainstream musician to recognise Zaki as a teenage prodigy was Alamgir, who got in touch with him to tour India, Dubai, England and the United States.
Axe Attack's debut album was rejected by Pakistani record labels, causing the group to fall out.
[5] Some years later, the rhythm guitarist Nadeem Ishtiaq took the album to Australia where the songs made it to the radio and were well received.
Zaki performed extensively with Vital Signs before quitting the band due to not getting a fair split in royalties.
[5] Zaki further released two more albums Rough Cut (2007) with Hadiqa Kiani on vocals and Radio Star (2007).
Later he was featured in Coke Studio Pakistan (season 10) in "Naina Moray", a song by Javed Bashir and Akbar Ali, where he received appreciation for his bluesy guitar solo.
[3] Following which, Zaki had prolonged illness and severe depression, he became self-destructive over time and even started to burn some of his guitars.