Grey and Paddy recorded "live" as much as possible, that is they played together at the same time - as in real life - instead of recording one instrument at a time, layering sound upon sound. Of course they did do some overdubbing - when you hear more than two instruments playing at once, you've found those places.

They felt that this approach was very important to capture the natural, spontaneous energy of playing together in real time, responding to each other's music in every moment. They both love the duet playing best, and there is quite a lot of it on Dark of the Moon. For example, track 9: The Day I Met Tom Moylan, Josie McDermott's, and The Collier's Reel. This mercurial arrangement covers a lot of territory, with its shifting moods, colors, and tempos.