Vinny Appice and briefly teamed up with Dokken bassist Jeff Pilson in the band Flesh & Blood. Appice joined World War III in 1990 and in 1992 he returned to Black Sabbath for the "Dehumanizer" album and tour. "I like Vinny – he's a nice chap," Tony Iommi reflected to the Sabbath fanzine "Southern Cross". "Vinny was asked to continue with the Sabbath thing, but he didn't. I like Vinny's playing." Appice rejoined Dio and they recorded "Strange Highways" (1994) and "Angry Machines" (1996). Prior to the 1996 tour, Appice played drums for Las Vegas–based guitarist, Raven Storm, on his album The
Siku (instrument) musicians were required to play the siku, each one taking one row of the instrument. One part of instrument is called "ira", another "arka". It is considered that spiritually "ira" corresponds to male principle and "arka" to female. When many musicians divide in two parts, first playing "ira" and second playing "arka", this gives Andean music a distinctive stereophonic sound. Hear . Now it is more common to see one musician playing both rows of the instrument together, but rustic ensembles retain traditional playing. The most widespread variety of siku, "siku ch'alla", contains 13 pipes (6 in "ira" and 7