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A very complete look back at Randy Rhoads’ life can’t be an easy feat. Even though his life was tragically cut short by recklessness, the reality is that it wasn’t full of excesses like a regular rock star would be. He focused on being good, and he really did. How did you do it? Only he knew.

With just a few years of gigging, the Rhoads imprint on the guitar world is strangely remarkable. But there’s a mystery ahead that we still can’t solve, which makes any documentary about Rhoads an informative one that’s still full of questions. Randy Rhoads: Mirror image of a guitar icon tries very hard to shed light on what is essentially a closed book, and even when it achieves something, it’s cut short to make the documentary more about doubt than about an interesting young man whose love of music was expressed through loud and unplayable riffs. and his beautiful passion for an art in which he was well versed.

Let’s start by saying that Rhoads is a part of Quiet Riot, a part of his life that is rarely explored due to the band’s terrible bad luck signing a record deal. It’s hard to hear a Quiet Riot song that actually features Rhoads. Then the documentary puts a lot of emphasis on that. He started out as a guitarist, never getting the stage he deserved.

THE documentary film It also tells the story of Rhoads’ relationship with his bandmates. This is when things get interesting. The words of some who were with him before are telling enough to make us think about the dynamics of such a turbulent time. It also adds strength to the mystery of what would have happened had Rhoads not perished in a tragic plane crash. Aside from his ability to compose amazing riffs, he probably would have (somehow) revisited Quiet Riot as the root of it all.

What Randy Rhoads: Mirror image of a guitar icon “never does” is just speculation, and that’s very fortunate. An angel of heavy metal, Rhoads has always strived to be better and not be an ass during a time when there were many of those in the Los Angeles music scene. He always smiled for the camera and played like it was the last time. The documentary never lets you question his decision to quit Quiet Riot to play with Ozzy Osbourne in his solo band. We trust that he gave his best and decided to do something that will make him not only famous but also a better player.

There are not many documents about Rhoads. He was always credited as the composer of powerful melodies that no one else could come up with. With this documentary, you’ll get to know the blond, skinny kid who fell in love with guitars from an early age and never changed because of fame. When the time came for him to leave Quiet Riot, all he could think about was how his students would fare without him. This is the mindset of a hero. A hero like no other.

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