Less than a year after he walked out on Deep Purple, Ritchie Blackmore delivered a masterpiece with Rainbow’s second album, Rising.
On an album loaded with mighty tracks – Tarot Woman, Starstruck, A Light In The Black – the crowning glory was Stargazer, a nine-minute epic that combined Blackmore’s love of classical music with vocalist Ronnie James Dio’s vivid, fantastical lyrics.
