In 2008, Captain Stu entered the Virgin Mobile “Road To V” competition,held at The Assembly, which saw them doing valuable workshops with many of the industry’s top professionals and performing at various shows in Cape Town and Johannesburg, culminating in a performance at the Coca Cola Dome where they shared the stage with Maroon 5 and One Republic, amongst others.

In February 2009, they released their much anticipated second album, The Adventures of Captain Stu. It represents a new and fresh yet established and well honed sound, which has been earning much praise from new and old fans, and receiving much attention from would be business relations throughout the local scene.

Their first single of the second album, The Journey, reached nr. 2 on the TUKSfm SA Top 10, as well as nr. 4 on the MK University Charts. The second single of the album, More Than Friends, was released in June 2009 to radio stations nationwide and reached nr. 1 on the TUKSfm SA Top 10. The music video was released single in July and reaced nr. 5 on the MK Top 10 Music Video Chart. In July, Captain Stu invaded the north of SA for the third time and toured to JHB and PTA with appearances on Studio 1, UJFM and TUKSfm. The third single of their second album, Shake, was released in August 2009 and reached nr. 2 on the PUKSfm SA Top 10.

Captain Stu appeared on MK Celeb in October 2009 and MK Unplugged in January 2010. In February this year, Captain Stu opened for the likes of Johnny Clegg and Watershed at Wynberg Boys High School as part of their Sunshine Saturday Performances. They also recorded a brand new single, called Something’s Up, at the Redbull Studios in Cape Town which will be released in the near future. A new music video, an EP and extensive SA tours as well as a tour to Europe are planned for 2010.