"[4][6] A chance turn of events in 1978 found Beach and his hand drums on The Main Stage of the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, performing with the world-renowned composer/conductor David Amram.
Beach and Pusey resurrected the Brothers of the Baladi name to perform at a local benefit, and the band began playing regularly at The Mouse Trap in Grants Pass, Oregon.
[10] The band's next album, Beyond the Tenth, was released in 1989, and included popular Arabic, Turkish, Greek, Armenian and Israeli songs sung in their native tongues, backed by traditional saz, oud, clarinet, zurna, and hand drums.
[13] Pusey left in 1991, and Middle Eastern musicians Ishmael (kanoon) and Boujemma Razgui (oud, nay, violin and vocals) joined shortly after.
[14] In 1995, Ishmael and Razgui left the group and Beach and Kearsey were joined by Attillo (keyboards) and Multi instrumentalist Tariq Banzi (oud, guitar, nay, bouzouki, dumbek, drums and riq).
[15] The band teamed up with former Santana percussionist Michael Shrieve, who produced the Brothers' album Eye on the World, which includes Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Celtic songs, some original compositions, and a Middle Eastern stylized cover of the Rolling Stones' Paint it Black[16] that was picked up as interlude music by NPR.
The event, which featured music of Armenia, Turkey, Persia, Lebanon, and Egypt, was a success, and the positive response helped the band to weather the initial negative effects.
[21] The Brothers of the Baladi recorded Presence of the Past in 2005, in which they returned to traditional Arabic, Turkish, and Armenian styles, featuring renowned kanoon player Ishmael, Boujemma Razgui, and Skaggs, as well as Brenda Erickson, Geoff George, and Daniel Eshoo.
[22] In 2008, the band further evolved its Middle Eastern/World Music sound with the album Just Do What's Right, including covers of classic tunes by Buffalo Springfield, Chris Rea, and Neil Young.