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

Publication date: 5th November 2025.

 

First published in 2002, Roy Davies’ Rainbow Rising was the first biography of Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow. It chronicled the beginnings, break-ups and numerous line-up changes of Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow up to 1997. The biography was a starting point and was well-received.

 

Over the two decades since its publication, Roy has spent an enormous amount of time continuing his research of this much-loved band, which returned for a series of concerts between 2016-19.

 

Roy’s research has been nothing short of phenomenal which has resulted in a massive 230,000 words, which are now split over three volumes, of which this is the third and final part which documents the period up to 1984, after which Blackmore and Glover dissolve the band for the Deep Purple reunion. The story returns in 1994 with a brand new band and album before Blackmore once again decides to call it a day to focus on his acoustic project of Blackmore’s Night. The story concludes in the twenty-first century when Blackmore puts together a new version of the band for a handful of big concerts around Europe, making this the most extensive and undisputed final word on Rainbow.