While he was performing with Crosby & Nash at the Royal Festival Hall in London in 2005, he came to the attention of concert attendee, David Gilmour.

[5] DiStanislao toured and recorded with Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour,[6] promoting his solo album On an Island.

The tour included three nights at the Royal Albert Hall with special guests David Bowie, Crosby & Nash, Robert Wyatt, Mica Paris and Nick Mason.

In January 2007, DiStanislao, along with Guy Pratt and Richard Wright, joined Gilmour at his barn at his home in Sussex, England for a series of jamming sessions.

DiStanislao appears on the title track of Gilmour's 2024 album, Luck and Strange, in material taken from one of the 2007 jam sessions which also features Wright.