 Rodriguez has since toured South Africa and Australia with much success, but remained relatively unknown in his native country of the US.This began to change after the reissues of his albums in the US by Light in the Attic Records in 2008 and 2009, and even further in 2012 with the Academy Award winning documentary film "Searching for Sugar Man", which soon led to appearances on major American television shows like "60 Minutes" and "The Late Show with David Letterman".