 Later, Tommy drifted into the direction of the hard rock masters such as Randy Rhoads, Slash, Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen and Dimebag Darrell.His natural talent of learning pieces very quickly by sight reading or memorizing by ear helped him quickly excel in that scene.Kessler's first steady gig in NYC was playing in the word-renowned Blue Man Group where he played Zither, Guitar, bass and The Stick.