Double Eclipse

Double Eclipse is the debut on which Hardline strung together big hooks around Johnny Gioeli’s powerful, soaring vocals and Neal Schon’s fluid guitar. The Gioeli brothers (younger brother Joey on guitar), from the band Brunette, joined with Journey’s Neal Schon, Todd Jensen (bass) and Deen Castronovo (drums), and it was released on MCA in 1992. It drew attention through tours with Van Halen and Mr. Big — a standout of melodic hard rock. Songs run on thick riffs, then open wide in the choruses. The skillful guitar is vivid throughout but always serves the vocal. A cover of “Hot Cherie,” known via Canada’s Streetheart, and “Takin' Me Down” were hits, and Schon’s short guitar instrumental “31-91” and the epic “In the Hands of Time” are also here. Johnny Gioeli would later work with Axel Rudi Pell and Crush 40. A record that delivers the thrill of melodic hard rock head-on — loved across generations.