In 2001, Honing met Paul Bley and recorded the album Seven, featuring Bley on piano, Gary Peacock on bass, and Paul Motian on drums. This album garnered Honing the Dutch Edison Award in 2002. In The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th Edition), this CD was recognized with four (out of five) stars.
For a few years Honing organized a special concert named Winterreise at the Paradiso in Amsterdam. In December 2015 he played his final show at the venue.
After the success of his fusion band Yuri Honing Wired Paradise, which was characterized by its rock influence and electric guitars, Honing assembled his Acoustic Quartet in 2012. In 2016, the quartet won the Edison award for 'Best Instrumental Jazz Album' for their second CD, Desire (2015). The group's third album, Goldbrun (2018), won this award as well, making it his third Edison in total.