During 1994 Lane met bassist Jonas Hellborg. Lane and Hellborg played with drummer Jeff Sipe in Hellborg, Lane, Sipe. Between 1994 and 1995, Lane played with D.D.T., a band consisting of Paul Taylor, Luther Dickinson, and Cody Dickinson; the latter three then formed the North Mississippi Allstars. Lane developed curricula and taught at several European conservatories, including the American Institute of Music in Vienna with Joey Tafolla and Milan Polak . He also wrote columns for "Young Guitar Magazine" in Japan which were published between February 1995 and 1996. During 1996 he also wrote columns for "Guitar for the Practicing Musician" in their Over the Top series. He engineered and co-produced the album "Red Reign" by Steven Patrick of Holy Soldier.