Cool interview with Tony Carey. Talks about the Rainbow days.
https://goodtimesrock.ru/?page_id=1707
Gotta agree with him about those lyrics for All Night Long. The song itself is okay, but those might just be the worst lyrics ever written. The other thing that kills me about that song is that heavy intro that teases you into thinking you're getting a Dio-like epic track, but instead it quickly degenerates into an 80s style pop chorus.
What I found interesting was that he plays on three of the LLRNR tracks, but is uncredited.
On a similar note, Rainbow was like a revolving door clusterfuck of musicians constantly dropping in and out of the band. Not unlike Megadeth, it was probably a function of having that single domineering asshat in the band a la Blackmore\Mustaine who apparently put some of those guys through hell.
That said, the personnel changes likely helped to keep the creative juices flowing. When Dio left, as catastrophic as it seemed at the time, it was a good thing that Blackmore didn't go after a Dio clone or Dio fantasy approach. For all the lyrical cheesiness and 80s pop leanings of those post-Dio albums, there's a freshness and vitality to them that keeps me listening.
And I absolutely love Street of Dreams. What a great song!