BLACKRAINBOW WAS FORMED IN LATE 2010 COMPRISING OF ON VOCALS PETE GOODFELLOW EX {SHIELD OF STEEL,BLACKRISING,} ON KEYBOARDS LEE VARLEY EX {TOPGUN,ARENA} LEE HOBSON LEAD GUITAR EX {NO QUARTER} MARTIN WIGGI WHITAKER BASS GUITAR {ARENA,BLACKRISING} AND RICHIE STIX DRUMS {BLACKRISING,SULLYS HEROS}
THE IDEA CAME ABOUT IN AROUND 2005 WHEN PETE THEN WITH A EARLY LINE UP OF BLACKRISING FORMED A TRIBUTE TO DIO CALLED DIORISING THE NAME CAME FROM RONNIE JAMES DIOS TIME WITH RITCHIE BLACKMORES RAINBOW AND EPIC ALBUM RAINBOW RISING.THE BAND HAD A GREAT SOUND BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING MISSING,SO WHEN LEE JOINED ARENA IN EARLY 2010 ON KEYS PETE ASKED LEE IF HE WOULD CONSIDER DOING A TRIBUTE TO DIOS FAMILY TREE,LEE AT THAT TIME HAD NOT HEARD MUCH DIO OR RAINBOW MATERIAL,BUT WAS EAGER TO GIVE IT A FEW REHEARSALS SO WE DECIDED TO GIVE IT ANOTHER GO,IT WAS THE KEYBOARDS THAT MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
LEE WAS IDEAL FOR THE ROLE OF LEAD GUITARIST AND WITH HIS EXPEIRENCE IN THE HIGHLY RATED BAND NO QUARTER HE FIT IN PERFECT,AND MARTIN ON BASS WAS REFFERED TO PETE BY A FRIEND HAS PROVED TO BE AN EXCELLENT CHOICE,AND FINALLY RICH,RICH HAD HELPED US OUT ON OCCASIONS ON DRUMS IN VARIOUS LINE UPS I KNEW HE WAS A VERY TALENTED MUSICIAN AND ALSO EXCEPTIONAL VOCAL ABILITY,BLACKRAINBOW WAS FORMED.
