Originally Posted by: DanL1553While I haven't listened to Savatage yet, I learned just last night that Paul O'Neill pulled several members of the band to create Trans-Siberian Orchestra. In fact TSOs first album was apparently delayed for two years in order to re-establish Savatage after the death of guitarist Criss Oliva.
Thats right. I think John Oliva does some writing for TSO, but savatage is quit a bit different from TSO. Check them out.