 From 1999 to 2007, the band was under the patronage of "Erel" (a Mongolian mining company) and its owner B.Erdenebat.The founder of the Motherland Party provided the band with new equipment and a rehearsal space, in exchange for their electoral support and participation in the party campaigns.For the release of their 1999 album "Ödör Shönö", the band used a new name - "Erel-Hurd" (), although it remains the sole occurrence other than a cassette tape compilation, "Shildeg duu", from that era.