Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1974, Desad akanga ari mumwe wevaimbi nevaimbi vakasarudzwa naShankar nokuda kweMusic Festival yake kubva kuIndia. Ichitsigirwa naHarrison, boka racho remitambo gumi nemasere rakafamba muEurope, richiridza purogiramu yemimhanzi yaisanganisa nziyo dzeIndia dzekare nemhando dzakasiyana-siyana dzenziyo dzomunharaunda. Pakati pezviridzwa zvinoridzwa naDesad, akaita pakavaj padivi pevamwe varidzi vemadhiramu Alla Rakha (tabla), T.V. Gopalkrishnan (mridangam) naKamalesh Maitra (tabla tarang). Harrison akagadzirawo studio album neMimhanzi Mutambo kubva kuIndia; yakaburitswa muna 1976, yaisanganisira mipiro kubva kuDesad papakavaj, madal tarang, dholki, nagada, huduk uye duff. Zvichitevera rwendo rweEurope rweMusic Festival, akaridza paHarrison naShankar's
rwendo rwakabatana rweNorth America muna November naDecember 1974. Nokuda kwokupedzisira kune chikamu cheIndia chemakonzati aya, Desad uye vamwe vose veboka raShankar vakaita neboka raHarrison, iro raisanganisirawo jazz percussionist Emil Richards uye rock drummers Jim Keltner naAndy Newmark.