One of the venues on this 'Down to Earth' tour was a small 2000-seat theatre. I had second row seats; opening act was Ronnie Montrose's Gamma. I thought I had lost my eyebrows when the flashpots went off during Rainbow's opening number. Montrose and Blackmore...guitar hero heaven.
I got turned around and thought sunglasses guy was Joe Lynn Turner, but that is in fact Graham Bonnet, and I'm on the phone now with my plastic surgeon discussing how I might emulate him.