I was blessed to see all the lead singers for Rainbow, Deep Purple and Sabbath. Now at 66 I still get emotional with Dio and Blackmore. The spirit of rock ,again blessed me...
DIO IS AND WAS THE BEST SINGER RAINBOW EVER HAD.HE BLOW'S ANY OTHER SINGER THEY HAD.BLACKMORE FOUND DIO AS A VIRTUAL UNKNOWN.BLACKIE WANTED TO MAKE RAINBOW COMMERCIAL,HOW CAN YOU THINK JOE LYNN TURNER IS BETTER THAN DIO? TURNER IS COMMERCIAL ...PROBABLY WHY DIO LEFT,OR OF BLACKIE'S MOODY TEMPER. THE 1ST RECORD I BOUGHT WHEN I WAS A KID WAS DEEP PURPLE MADE IN JAPAN.THE 1ST SONG DIO HAD ON VIDEO ON MTV WAS "RAINBOW IN THE DARK" I THINK THAT DIO WAS TELLING BLACKMORE I MADE IT WITH OUT YOU ...