Jake E Lee said reconnecting with Ozzy Osbourne just before his death helped him feel better about his time in the singer’s solo band.

Lee was fired in 1987 after appearing on Osbourne’s albums Bark at the Moon and The Ultimate Sin . The pair lost contact afterward, then met briefly at Black Sabbath ’s farewell show in July, where Lee took part in Osbourne’s solo set.

He previously revealed that the pair had planned to catch up again in the coming months, which didn’t happen before Osbourne’s death. But with peace having been made, Lee told Guitarist , he was left considering what to do next.

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“I did always want to reconnect with him on whatever level,” the guitarist explained. “Not necessarily mu

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