“You gotta quit at the right moment, and Gary did the worst thing any band member can do. I was angry, man”: Scott Gorham on how his guitar partnership with Gary Moore came to a dramatic end – and building bridges with the late guitar hero decades later

A black and white shot of Thin Lizzy guitarists Gary Moore and Scott Gorham both working their Les Pauls – Moore on the Junior, Gorham on a Standard.

Gary Moore’s on/off relationship with Lizzy is one of the great flirtations in rock ’n’ roll, the storied Belfast guitarist passing by like a meteor for three blink-and-miss-it shifts in the ’70s.

Moore was a master technician who pre-dated Gorham’s tenure (and played on the sublime Still In Love With You from 74’s Nightlife), so did the Californian ever feel threatened by his return? It’s the only time he shows a flicker of irritation.