“Ozzy looked well. He did not look like he was two weeks away from passing… The feeling was similar to when Randy passed away – that dead void, that emptiness”: Rudy Sarzo on the lifelong kindness of Ozzy Osbourne – and the miracle of his final weeks

Rudy Sarzo, Randy Rhoads, Tommy Aldridge and Ozzy Osbourne in pictured together in 1981.

Rudy Sarzo remains justifiably proud of the music he made with Ozzy Osbourne in the early ‘80s – but equally important is the kindness he received at the time from Ozzy and wife Sharon.

Taking part in Black Sabbath’s Back to the Beginning farewell show in July was, of course, a no-brainer. But Sarzo says he couldn’t have predicted how special the experience would be. “I was just watching and listening – it was a miracle,” he tells Bass Player.