Yanni's lighting manager for over twenty years, Bud Horowitz, said that the Pyramids location brought its own set of challenges.[6] The Great Pyramid was a kilometer behind the stage, and 24 searchlights had to be brought to Egypt from Germany to light the pyramids and Sphinx in the background so that they were visible beyond the bright stage lighting for the 4K television cameras.[6] It isn't possible to bring the full set of lighting equipment to distant venues – bringing instead only the control consoles – so Horowitz and the production manager had to work in advance to communicate equipment specs to local promoters.[6] Yanni's shows are cue-specific and timing-specific, with over 2,000 lighting cues for each show.[6]