 Fankhauser recorded a solo album, "Maui" (1976), before returning to California in the late 1970s.All his 1970s recordings have been reissued repeatedly in the CD format.Fankhauser continued to record, occasionally with friends including John Cipollina, Pete Sears, and more recently Ed Cassidy of Spirit in The Fankhauser Cassidy Band, as well as producing new surf albums credited to The Impacts.