
(born April 12, 1954) a native of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a Hendrix-influenced guitarist who began his recording career with Polydor Records in the mid 1970s. Pat Thrall, Nicko McBrain, Tommy Aldridge, Peter "Mars" Cowling, Jerry Riggs and Carmine Appice are some of the noted musicians that have been members of the

Band through the years.
Gibson guitars produced a special edition sunburst Les Paul double cutaway guitar for

in 1983. It would become his main guitar for nearly twenty years and the one he was most often associated with in photos. Gibson produced only one other guitar of this type, which was made for Joe Walsh.

finally decided to get rid of the guitar in 2006 since he no longer used it, and sold it on EBAY for $10,000 (

).