Tommy Bolan

Yes, I can report that this new guitar player for Deep Purple is a certified, badass, cold-blooded killer on the guitar.

After all, what would you expect from a band that had Ritchie Blackmore, even Tommy Bolan, and then, up until spring of this year, the great Steve Morse on guitar? Of course they're going to bring in a ringer.

They're a band of ringers.

And Simon delivers the goods.