After the disbandment of The Go-Betweens, Forster relocated to Germany in 1990 and recorded his debut solo album, "Danger in the Past", in Berlin. It was produced by Harvey (Anita Lane) and issued on Beggars Banquet Records. Allmusic's Ned Raggett found the album showed "literate, understated rock & roll" with his "gently cracked, high vocals" and "setting and maintaining a variety of moods from sudden energy to soft rumination". In November he issued a single, "Baby Stones", from the album. Also that year he provided guitar for German pop group Baby You Know's debut album, "To Live Is to Fly". Karin Bäumler featured on violin and vocals on "To Live Is to Fly". Bäumler also provided vocals for Forster's "Danger in the Past". Forster and Bäumler married in the early 1990s.