'Decades' is the first recording that the pair have made together in 38 years.

The six songs were recorded and mixed by Stuart Jones in ex Fairport's charming rural Woodworm studios, in St Michael near Banbury throughout Summer and Autumn 2022. The same studio that Radiohead cut their teeth and George Harrison also recorded material.
 
'Decades' features two kinds of songs , the plaintive memorials of 'Ian', dedicated to Gordon's father who became deaf on a National Service rifle range as an instructor , but retained a tolerance to the challenges of both his children and grand children throughout his life . 'Angela' is a meditation on the passing of Gordon's sister , an artist , who coincidently Tom was in a class with at Larkmead School as a teenager.

The other songs are more mischievous, 'Document 6' is a deceptively happy sounding song which really describes a serial killer incarnating his human prey,  the chorus warning that "it's Spring, Summer , Autumn, Winter outside", 'Tiny Shadow of Love' is a song about an imaginary love triangle . 'Killing Kittens' is a song about esotericism,  as a listener you will either know what the song is referring to, or have to find out.

The closer is 'When Ali Came to Abingdon' a pub singalong folk song detailing various events that did might or definitely didn't happen when Muhammad Ali visited Abingdon Gordon's Hometown in 1972 and 1987.