That first album had recently been released on a new label called Interscope Records and both the record and the record label were starting to do pretty well. They were about to do a video for their second single and embark on a major North American arena tour supporting Bryan Adams, who was riding high on the strength of his “Waking Up The Neighbors” CD and his hit single “Everything I Do”, from the soundtrack to the hit Kevin Costner movie, “Robin Hood”.

The only problem that I was faced with was, I had already been asked to go on tour with Cher again and I wasn’t sure if I would be able to get out of it gracefully if I was chosen to join The Storm. I wasn’t even sure if joining The Storm would be a better option for me and I had to wait as they waded through 20 or 30 other drummers that were auditioning.

I went up to San Francisco and auditioned and then waited to hear back from them. When I did, they asked me to come back up and play with them again, this time for their managers, Scott Boorey, who was also managing Y&T and Herbie Herbert, who was well known as a driving force as the manager of Journey. By that time, Cher’s rehearsals had already started but I decided that, if I was offered the gig, I was going to accept it and just explain to Cher that it was an opportunity that I couldn’t afford to pass up, since it meant being a full band member, as opposed to just a hired musician, as I was with her. I just had to hope she would understand.

The day that I flew up to San Francisco to play for The Storm’s managers was a bit precarious for me because I had to get there early to play with them and get back to Los Angeles in time to go to Cher’s rehearsal that night. I couldn’t afford to let on to Cher that there was a possibility of me leaving her band in case the gig with The Storm didn’t happen.