The 2005 ‘Live’ album is a from performances at the Basement in Sydney and the Melbourne blues festival. The 2003 DVD, ‘Live at the Basement’ features live footage from one of Backsliders many gigs at The Basement in Sydney. The concert featured tracks from Backsliders’ 8th and latest album, ‘Hanoi’. ‘Hanoi’ was voted ‘Rhythms’ Magazine Readers Poll Blues Album of the Year for 2002 and was a 2002 finalist at the Australian Record Industry Awards (ARIA). ‘Hanoi’ is a studio album mainly consisting of original songs by Dom Turner and Rob Hirst. The band’s previous album, ‘Poverty Deluxe’ (1999), was a 1999 ARIA Finalist. Backsliders songs have featured in t in particular ‘Down by the Riverbed’ from the Backsliders’ ‘Wide Open’ (1995) alb  Backsliders have made numerous television appearances in Australia and are regulars at regional Australian towns and cities, as well as major Australian festivals, including Byron Bay Bluesfest, Great Southern Blues Festival, Blues on Broadbeach, Girrakool Blues Festival & BBQ, Womad, Woodford Folk Festival, Wingham Akoostik Festival and Blues at Bridgetown. The band has played with international acts such as Old Gray Mule, Phil Wiggins, Peter Green, Junior Wells, Little Charlie and the Nightcats, John Mooney, Rory Block, Roy Bookbinder, Guy Clarke, Cephas and Wiggins, Leo Kottke, Charlie Musselwhite, Christina Olsen, John Prine, Del Rey, Steve James and toured nationally with John Hammond.