Keyboardist, born June 21, 1950, Sunderland, UK. He has been recording with a lot of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal projects since 1974,including names like Ozzy Osbourne, Cozy Powell, Gary Moore, Rainbow and Thin Lizzy. Also worked in "commercial" projects and solo albums. He is the brother of guitarist Keith Airey.
Replaced Jon Lord on keyboards in Deep Purple in March 2002.
Has played with Whitesnake.
Played the classic organ solo intro on the Ozzy Osbourne tune, "Mr. Crowley".
(January 2003) Recording a new Deep Purple studio album in LA. Due to be released on Aug 1, 2003.
