In May 2003 Fred returned to Bougainville. Film-maker Nick Agafonoff heard of Fred’s exploits and followed Fred and his legendary Bulmakau band around Boungainville during the final weeks of the Peace Monitoring Group’s operations. The documentary “Bougainville Sky” was released in Nov. 2004.

Earlier that year Fred met Liz Frencham. He had written an album’s worth of songs for a woman’s voice and was looking for the right gal. He found her. They released their first joint album “Into My Room” to critical acclaim in 2003 and in 2007 released their second album “Lovethongs” — a collection of Fred’s love songs. The album was rated one of Top Ten Albums of 2007 by Sue Barrett in Rhythms Magazine.