 He co-produced and played a drum instrumental on the song "Mercy" from Joe Perry's album "Joe Perry" which was nominated for a Grammy.He also appeared on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" as a drummer for Perry roughly a year before his death.Caruso was also an engineer on two Aerosmith albums, "Just Push Play" in 2001 and "Honkin' on Bobo" in 2004.