Q: how to restore files & how to do better in the future

Meaning generated from backup destination via recreate, I assume.

“Last successful backup: Never” and my comment on that case was

No update after Recreate. I don’t know if this is a job you had export for, but

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is how one can tell Import to pull such data from Export – but usually it’s stale.
Most people probably don’t want to export after each backup, but it’s possible.

There’s only one DB file per job, and its path is on the Database screen.
At the Destination for that second job are a lot of files that recreated DB.
Assuming I understand your Recreate, it all should be in alignment now.
The Restore dropdown on second job should match remote dlist files.
Newer backups may eventually delete some, based on retention setting.
You’ve probably seen the DB buttons already, but that’s manually driven.

If you still have concerns, ask, especially if I misunderstood your doings.