Following My Bloody Valentine's disbandment, Shields embarked on a number of collaborations with other artists, both as a guest musician and producing, engineering, mixing and Remixing other acts. Shields contributed guitar loops to two Experimental Audio Research albums: 1996's "Beyond the Pale" (which was recorded at Shields' home studio in Streatham and credits him with "special thanks" on the album sleeve) and 1997's "The Köner Experiment". He was a frequent collaborator with indie rock band Dinosaur Jr, appearing on and producing "Hand It Over" (1997) and "Ear-Bleeding Country: The Best of Dinosaur Jr." (2001), as well as frontman J Mascis "More Light" (2000) and "The John Peel Sessions" (2003). Shields has lent his services as a guest musician to releases by Russell Mills & Undark, DJ Spooky, Curve, Manic Street Preachers, Le Volume Courbe, Gemma Hayes and Paul Weller. In a live capacity, Shields has performed with the Canadian contemporary dance company La La La Human Steps (contributing the song "2" to the 1995 performance of the same name), Gemma Hayes, The Charlatans and Spacemen 3 (appearing at their 2010 reunion show).