Consistency is crucial for Black Rain. Nothing on here is going to equal the status of "Crazy Train" or "Suicide Solution", but it is top to bottom a worthy listen. Ozzy always has a fantastic band. This time around Blasko is on bass and Mike Bordin pounds the skins. Both are perfect fits for Ozzy's brand of rock and roll, and as always, they are rock solid. Google Slapper | Google Slapper | WoW Leveling Guide

We should all probably admit to ourselves that we will never hear another Blizzard of Ozz, or even No More Tears. That was a different time with different people. If Black Rain is everything Ozzy is in 2007, then he is still hanging in there with the best of them. It's probably the best we can hope for.

The world left John Ozzy Osbourne behind a long time ago - possibly at birth. The man has been trying to catch up ever since, first in his band Black Sabbath, then with his family's television show The Osbournes, in which even his attempts to "crack one out" in a room he thought was sealed from cameras ended up on TV.