 During the hiatus Wurster worked with Caitlin Cary (2002); The Minus 5 (2002); Marah (2003); Chris Stamey (2004), and Robert Pollard of Guided by Voices (2006).In November, 2006 Superchunk played with The Mountain Goats at "The Daily Show" tenth anniversary party at Irving Plaza in New York City.In addition to performing a comedy sketch with Samantha Bee of "Daily Show", Wurster played three songs with the Mountain Goats.