Due to the sudden death of the band's saxophonist Sigurd Køhn in the tsunami in Thailand in December 2004, The Real Thing was hibernating until a reunion in 2010.

[1][2] In the 2010s, Hermund Nygård replaced Dalhaug on the drums, with Dave Edge playing the saxophone.

They mostly play original music, combining influences from American Blue Note jazz (represented by people such as Jimmy Smith, George Benson and Wes Montgomery) and elements from modern popular music.

The result is a mixture of genres including swing, blues, soul, Latin, funk and rock.

In December 2017, they joined Angelina Jordan on her Christmas tour of Norway, along with singer Sigrid Brennhaug.