First published in 2002, RoyDavies’ Rainbow Rising was the first biography of Ritchie Blackmore’sRainbow. It chronicled the beginnings, break-ups and numerous line-up changesof Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow up to 1997. The biography was a starting pointand was well-received. Overthe two decades since its publication, Roy has spent an enormous amount of timecontinuing his research of this much-loved band, which returned for a series ofconcerts between 2016-19.Roy’s research has been nothing short of phenomenal which has resultedin a massive 230,000 words, which are now split over three volumes, of whichthis is the first part, making this the most extensive and undisputed finalword on Rainbow.
