Lost In A Distant Dream : Rainbow 1982-84, 1994-97, 2016-19

First published in 2002, RoyDavies’ Rainbow Rising was the first biography of Ritchie Blackmore’sRainbow.It chronicled the beginnings, break-ups and numerous line-up changesof Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow up to 1997.The biography was a starting pointand was well-received. Overthe two decades since its publication, Roy has spent an enormous amount of timecontinuing his research of this much-loved band, which returned for a series ofconcerts between 2016-19. Roy’sresearch has been nothing short of phenomenal which has resulted in a massive230,000 words, which are now split over three volumes, of which this is thefinal part, making this the most extensive and undisputed final word on Rainbow.