"After this meeting (with Roger), I had an emotional crash. I was thinking about my father when he took me to Rome to attend Roger’s concert and I had done the same with my son, Diego. That was the turning point for the book about Roger’s drum kits."

"The next five years were spent collecting all the information on every single kit Roger played live, in the studio or as a guest with other bands. What came out was a monumental “Taylorpedia”."

Dario Di Nardo is the author of 'The Drums of Roger Meadows Taylor: A Full & Detailed History' which was released earlier in the year in aid of The Mercury Phoenix Trust and ALS Research. 

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