After spending roughly a decade in Bollywood from the mid-1990s where his career reached new heights, with popular tracks such as Ya Ali, Jaane Kya and Kafur, Garg chose to shift his base back to Assam, for Assam was, what German sociologist Max Weber would call, Garg's "calling".
Once back in Guwahati, Zubeen diversified his interest into film as an actor, director, music director and scriptwriter. His directorial ventures such as Mission China in and Kanchanjangha in were box-office hits.
Garg recorded more than 38,000 songs in 40 languages and was associated with dozens of films.