This new tome by the hugely prolific Canadian author Martin Popoff is a
detailed re-write and expanded edition of his 2005 publication English
Castle Magic. In fact the book is 50% bigger, a whopping 120,000 words
and 318 pages including two swell colour photo sections. Sensitive To
Light is without doubt the most comprehensive Rainbow biography to date
and is based around multiple interviews the author has conducted with
most of the key band members over many years including Ritchie
Blackmore, as well as Roger Glover, Tony Carey, Graham Bonnet and Joe
Lynn Turner, along with those who are sadly no longer with us, namely
Cozy Powell Ronnie James Dio, Jimmy Bain and Craig Gruber. Loads more
research has also gone into this new publication which is brought bang
up to date with the Ronnie Romero era live shows and new songs,
following Blackmore's decision to rejuvenate Rainbow in 2016, almost
twenty years on from the last incarnation that had concluded in 1997.
From the raw and fiery Dio years, through the criminally under-rated
Down to Earth album, the smooth crooning Joe Lynn Turner era and into
one final somewhat forgotten record fronted by Doogie White, it's all
examined here, track by track, fascinating tale by trick. Ritchie
Blackmore and his reputation is legion. But is it warranted? This is the
book you should read to find out why as we look at the man's career as
reigning lord over the constantly evolving consortium of monster talents
known as Rainbow.
