In the 1990s, Fairbairn worked with a string of internationally influential hard rock acts. In 1990 he produced AC/DC's "The Razors Edge", and Poison's "Flesh and Blood". In 1993, he produced another Aerosmith commercial hit, "Get a Grip", which racked up sales of seven million and solidified the band's growing representation as international media stars. Next, Fairbairn produced Scorpions' "Face the Heat" and in 1995 Van Halen's "Balance". Also in 1995, Fairbairn went to Vallance's Armoury Studios in Vancouver to work on Chicago's "Night and Day: Big Band", and liked the studio so much he bought it from Vallance the following year.