The group won the Pop=Prima award and also managed to reach the final round of De Grote Prijs, an important Dutch competition for new musical talent.
The much praised mini-cd Benjamin B. CD, with four original compositions and one Gershwin cover, was released in the fall of ’96.
In 2000 Scholtens worked on a project away from Benjamin B: together with Robert de Keijser he released an album under the name Stad.
After a recess of nearly a year the band returned to the stage, playing the Eurosonic festival in January 2001.
In September Scholten’s Stad project reached the semi-finals of De Grote Prijs van Nederland.
In the meantime Benjamin B. had transformed into a six-piece band: Eddy Scholtens played guitar and keys, Rene Asschert handled the drums.
With Living Room Records Benjamin B. found a new home for their album Tired of the Moon, which was released in the fall of 2004.