Eagle Vision

A young looking Dio fronting his young looking band and fook me this a good show.

Promoting their Sacred Heart album, this ferocious opens with King Of Rock’n’Roll and sets the pace, followed by Like A Beat Of The Heart, bassist Jimmy Bain and new guitarist Craig Goldy are both energetic and on form, and there’s a touch of shred at times too.

There’s many a pause in songs to showcase Dio’s vocals but it’s all quality, pure class. Don’t Talk To Strangers and Hungry For Heaven are good, and the medley of The Last In Line / Children Of The Sea / Holy Diver goes down a storm.

There much from the classic first two albums, and there’s the obligatory Sabbath (Heaven And Hell – amazing) and Rainbow (Long Live Rock’n’Roll / Man On The Silver Mountain), highlighting Dio’s class catalogue

 Dio himself has an amazing voice, THE voice in rock, and it comes over well here, as does his professionalism in talking to the crowd. Pianist Claude Schnell and drummer Vinnie Appice (solid in their own rights) get solo spots too.

No Dio set would be complete without Rainbow In The Dark and We Rock. Wonderful.

There’s a Behind The Scenes featurette, band interviews and some promo videos too. A well packaged and good value set. Nice.  ****

Joe Geesin

Since early 2020 Josh has been entertaining us with exclusive monthly live sessions, streamed via Facebook.

In 2023 he signed a recording deal with Sony in Canada and released a new single on 15 September.

Latest session: Sunday 14 April

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