 Rubicon broke up in 1979 and Gillis formed the short lived club band Stereo with future Night Ranger members Blades and Kelly Keagy.With the sudden death of guitarist Randy Rhoads in a plane crash while on tour in March 1982, Bernie Torme was quickly brought in as his replacement.After a handful of shows it became apparent that Torme's blues-based style was not a good match for Osbourne's style of music and Gillis was subsequently hired as his replacement.