[2] He is known as the composer of multiple albums, and as a producer and engineer who works with Grammy Award-winner William Ackerman.

His influences include Tangerine Dream, Patrick O'Hearn, Vangelis, George Winston, and Tim Story.

[2] In 1993, Eaton opened his first commercial studio, Thomas Eaton Recording in Newburyport, MA[7][8][9] In 2009, he received a phone call from William Ackerman to join him as a co-producer at Imaginary Road Studio where they have since co-produced dozens of albums together.

[10] In 2014, Ackerman produced and Eaton engineered Laura Sullivan's Grammy Award-winning album Love's River.

In 2018, Eaton began performing with Jeff Oster and guitarist Vin Downes in a group they named Departure[15] and appeared on an Echoes streaming "living room concert."

[22] In July 2021, Eaton, William Ackerman and Jeff Oster began to record the album Brothers.