Comeback Kings

Well thanks to the awesome 'Seven Ages of Rock' (BBC2, 9/6/07) I've learnt (or is it actually reminded??) that Sharon Osbourne was the daughter of Don Arden (b.1926 as Harry Levy) who, amongst others, was the manager of Black Sabbath. Arden also managed The Small Faces and E.L.O.

Which brought me to think - was, as asserted by S.A.of R., Ozzy Osbournes 1980 comeback with Blizzard of Ozz (Randy Rhoads etc) actually the greatest Rock / Metal recovery of all time?

Ozzy was dumped from Sabbath in 1978, went through a drug induced haze for months, and was 'rescued' by Sharon for the Blizzard of Ozz LP.

Other comebacks of note would have to include Dave Mustaine (Metallica to Megadeth), Ian Gillan (Deep Purple, to er, Deep Purple - via, oddly enough Black Sabbath and others!), Ronnie James Dio (hehe - Sabbath again to Dio via Rainbow (or was that Rainbow to Sabs?) .

I'll comeback (sorry) with more shortly!