But there is this one track that is haunting, because the lyrics are… And he doubled his voice, it’s just really trippy. The name Dio was chosen because it made sense from a commercial standpoint, as the name was already well known at that time. I was still a member of Whitesnake but I said to him ‘If you work it out with David, I would love to go out on the road with you.’ Because he had asked me to go. Dio was an American heavy metal band formed in 1982 and led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio.Dio left Black Sabbath with intentions to form a new band with fellow former Black Sabbath member Vinny Appice, the bands drummer. I don’t think he ever heard the solo because we were so focused on promoting the upcoming tour. I had put a solo on it and then when I brought it to his house, he goes ‘No, no, no. Before we did ‘Electra’, Dio had this other one that he said ‘Can you put a solo on this?’ and he gave me the track. We were kind of bouncing around some of his ideas and working on some of them.

“I offered a copy of the tape to Wendy and, I don’t know, maybe she forgot about it.” – Doug Aldrichĭoug explains: It was during that time… Ronnie wrote ‘Electra’. A “Magica II” track titled “Electra” made it on to 2012’s “The Very Best of Dio Vol 2”, but Doug Aldrich says “More material may soon surface from the sessions.” Doug Aldrich hopes that one day, the track he describes as “Haunting and Trippy” can be heard by everyone.