 During this time, he worked as a boxer, a steward at Tottenham Hotspur, a plasterer, an electrician, a steel erector, and a welder.In a 2014 interview, Meridian Dan said that his hiatus was because he wasn't getting paid for his music and had outside stresses to attend to.He returned to making music in 2010 recording songs and making pirate radio appearances with other members of Bloodline Family.