 In the late 1960s, he performed at the Soaltee Hotel in Kathmandu, for three years.During his stay there he rejected an offer from R. D. Burman to work with him in Mumbai.Not happy in Kathmandu, Banks moved base to Calcutta in 1971, where he met singer Pam Craine and saxophonist Braz Gonsalves and formed "The Louis Banks Brotherhood".