Lead vocalist Demarnia Lloyd of the band Mink first worked on Cloudboy as a side project in 1995, releasing a seven-track extended play.

[2] The band felt free to experiment with new home studio technology, and attempted to create lush soundscapes to frame Lloyd's voice in compelling and unusual ways, while avoiding established genre sounds.

[4] After the album saw increased sales and radio play during the bNet NZ Music Week, the band returned to Wellington to perform a one-off show at the Paramount Theatre on 20 May.

[1] The band planned to create a remix album based on the tracks of Down at the End of the Garden to gain entry into the world of dance music,[1] but this project never eventuated.

[7] Russell and Graham Reid from The New Zealand Herald rated it number 12 on their list of top 20 albums of the year.