After working on "In the Sunny Long Ago" with producer Martyn Bennett he was invited by Gillian Frame, Hamish Napier and Simon McKerrell to join Back of the Moon.

Back of the Moon toured from 2000 till 2007 releasing three albums and finishing with a final gig in the Kennedy Centre in Washington, D.C., on 21 November 2007.

[2] Napier was approached by producer and engineer Nick Turner to begin a songwriting project which they later named "Queen Anne's Revenge".

[3][4] With help from Creative Scotland and Hands Up for Trad Napier began a mentoring project with singer songwriter Boo Hewerdine.

[1] Hewerdine produced Napier's second solo album "Glasgow" a collection of covers and original songs about the city.