In 2000, Hackett and his brother John released "Sketches of Satie", a tribute album to the French composer Erik Satie with the compositions rearranged for flute and guitar. Hackett said that he had not worked on a project with John for some time and had missed playing with him, leading to his manager Billy Budis to suggest an album of Satie's music. Later in 2000, an album of Hackett's with material originally put together in 1986 but put on the shelf, was released as "Feedback 86". A portion of the material was for a second GTR album, and features appearances by Brian May.