Yeah it has kind of been Janet's M.O. since the transition from the Rhythm Nation to Janet. era to "disappear"/not be photographed when nothing is going on only to reappear/photographed close to the start of era (i.e what she is doing now since she is back in California for tour rehearsals for a tour that starts in September). Janet is one of those celebrities that is seen when she wants to be seen and isn't when she doesn't want to be seen. I mean that is how she has been able to be both notoriously private but also gets you talking about her.