 Both albums were nominated for several bNet awards, New Zealand's public voted alternative radio awards.In 2009 he released his sophomore solo album "Chant Darling," recorded between London and Sweden, which resulted in an APRA Silver Scroll Award for the song "Apple Pie Bed" (with co-writer, The Phoenix Foundation's Lukasz Buda).In 2010 "Chant Darling" was awarded the inaugural Taite Music Prize.