The former Whitesnake man teamed up with Journey's Deen Castronovo and Night Ranger's Jack Blades for the self-titled record, launched last month.

But his plans for their song Way To The Sun were changed when Schon's guest appearance was confirmed. Aldrich tells Classic Rock Revisited: "I think it's my favourite track on the record. They told me Neal was going to be on the album, and I was like, 'F*** yeah!' as I'm a huge fan.