"In Orlando the team realised we were pretty family-oriented and we could also see how important it was to keep everyone together."
Although last year was treated as a development year for the band, with less travel and performing than the previous year, the six day a week work schedule remained rigorous.
Mornings were taken up with gym sessions and movement and performance classes with a choreographer, followed by afternoon recording sessions that lasted into the early hours. While Bobby made sure the bandmembers met their work requirements Sharne ran the household and ensured online schooling commitments were met. Bobby said while the boys were exposed to a bit of "glitz and glamour", the reality was a lot of hard work.
"Everyone records at night because it's cooler and there's nothing glamorous about finishing up at the studio at three in the morning."
The family also had to return to New Zealand for a minimum week and a half every two months to comply with their temporary visa requirements, which became exhausting.
They returned to Turangi last October after the band's Orlando record label merged with London-based Global Entertainment.
Jackson spent a month in London with the band meeting the new line-up before returning home for the summer.
He is due to return to London in February and although he is looking forward to it, the teenager said there was still no place like home - particularly when it came to the quality of the drinking water!
In between catching up with friends and doing a bit of hunting he has kept up the practice regime and taken to the stage a couple of times. That has included opening for Stan Walker at Turangi's Christmas in the Park concert, including an impromptu performance with Walker that involved dad Bobby and sister Georgia doing backing vocals.
Bobby's former band Sons of Soul - who Bobby says are "all knocking 40" - reunited to back Jackson when he performed a 45-minute set at Rotorua's New Year's Eve Glo Festival concert.
All of the backing music for Far Young is recorded, and Jackson said singing live with his father's band for the first time was great.
Jackson and Sons of Soul will be getting together again on February 6 for a performance at the Waitangi Day concert in Taupo.