^ Sabbaths songs when Dio was with them are amazing. Fact.
Agree wholeheartedly with that pieplough!
I love all incarnations of Sabbath particularly Ozzy/Dio eras, also really rate the Tony Martin, Glenn Hughes, Ian Gillan periods that a lot people seem to slate.
Most people will consider Sabbath as Iommi, Osbourne, Butler, Ward but it annoys the hell out of me when so called Sabbath fans criticise/slate the Dio era which IMO produced some of Sabbaths best work.
I Also enjoyed the majority of Dio's solo stuff especially Holy Diver & Last In Line which are Metal classics IMO. And who can forget his Rainbow days? which produced yet more all time classic Rock/metal.
It's quite staggering when you think of the amazing quality of music Dio produced throughout his career. Sad thing is the average bloke on the Street would probably say 'Ronnie Who?'
He's a legend to me though, always will be. RIP Ronnie.