kamfjord joined the anne marie giørtz quintet (1982–87), with several festival gigs and album releases, "breaking out" (1983) and "tigers of pain" (1985). he continued in the band "ab und zu" from 1987 (album recording in 1988–2002), and played at the same time in several other bands like the "slagen storband" (album releases in 1983–85), christian reim quartet (1984–86), the band "out to lunch" from 1984 (albums "out to lunch" 1988 and "kullboksrytter" 1994), "bossa quatro" and remek kossacz trio (1985–86), guttorm guttormsen quintet (1985–87), rune klakegg trio from 1986 (album release "fuzzy logic" in 1995), og vigleik storaas quartet 1987–92, later named "lines" after their first album in 1988.