It satirically displayed the contrasting political views between the then conservative Australian Howard government, and the majority of the Left wing government-funded Triple J radio station.
The premise of the show suggested that the station was forced by the ABC board to broadcast a segment of right wing political views in order to restore the balance.
Gems from his past include: Schiller and Moclair also filled in on Triple J as a one-off in the Sunday morning shift where they appeared as themselves.
It was announced that from 25 February 2007, Stirling Addison would return to Triple J on Sunday evenings to host a new series of Restoring the Balance (apparently without Thom Thomlinson as a co-host).
In character, Stirling insisted that this change was instead approved by the ABC board due to the current segment being "too semitic", and displaying "a lack of traditional right-wing values".