Gary was Sammy Hagar's guitarist for most of Sammy's solo career. He's on just about every Hagar album from 1977 to 1985. It was during the two years of touring Hagar did with Boston (1977-79) when Pihl became aquainted with Tom Scholz. Gary guested on BOSTON's Third Stage (adding some lead guitar to "I Think I Like It") and agreed to join the band full time for the 1987 World Tour. He's been with BOSTON ever since, playing on Walk On and also assisting with producing, engineering and arranging.

Gary was the Vice President of Scholz Research & Development, and represented SR&D at various music equipment conventions, and also helped design Scholz's new basement studio-- "Hideaway Studio II." Gary can be seen in the recent "Cabo Wabo Birthday Bash '95" home video, which features Van Halen's Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony, along with former Hagar drummer David Lauser. Gary was also in a band called Day Blindness that released a self-titled album in 1969, and played in a band called Crossfire, from 1970 to 1974. Last year, he released a CD in Japan with is other band, ALLIANCE, titled Bond of Union (featuring Alan "Fitz" Gerald and David Lauser). Gary is 6'3", slightly shorter than Tom at 6'5".

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