Neil cost me alot of money. I played drums and first saw them in their Hemispheres tour. Afterwards, I had to play with the blunt end of the stick, like Neil, and broke several Zildian cymbals. Then I had to get a Wuhan china like Neil played to get that shimmering high-end sound. Of course I had to get four high-pitched concert toms to try to play along with a few of his songs. Then there were numerous upgrades to emulate Neil's sound like blue hydraulic drum heads, mini cowbells, chimes etc.

I've seen them probably 30 times, every tour since Hemispheres. I've been accused of 'following them around the country'. That's alot of tickets, gas and hotels.

RIP Neil.