Cozy Powell
In 1997, as "Munetaka Higuchi &amp; Dream Castle", he released the album "Free World". The band featured many famous musicians from the jazz and rock/metal spheres, like Steve Vai, Stanley Clarke, Billy Sheehan, Ty Tabor, Terry Bozzio, T. M. Stevens, Ronnie James Dio, Richie Kotzen, Paulinho Da Costa and others. The album was released on February 21, 1997 in Japan. In 1998, he produced "Cozy Powell Forever ~ Tribute to Cozy Powell", a tribute album to the recently deceased drummer Cozy Powell, very popular in Japan. For the album, Higuchi had the collaboration of the best Japanese heavy metal musicians and was able to reunite his former bandmates of Loudness. A tour in support of the album was made with musicians from Loudness and Sly.