Career
He was in the band during the 1970s before Night Ranger. He has also played for Ozzy Osbourne and Fiona, and has released solo albums. Gillis’s musical side projects include placing over 300 songs for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network’s Sports Center, The X Games, Fox Sports, Tiger Woods Sony PlayStation Games, EA Sports, The Fuse Channel and many others
He has appeared in over a dozen music videos, with television performances on American Bandstand, Solid Gold, Rock & Roll Tonight and thousands of live concerts.
His first solo album Gilrock Ranch produced a top twenty single, “Honest to God,” which was co-written and sung by Gregg Allman. Over the course of his career, Gillis has used several different models of guitars by various brands.
He has been a longtime user of Fender Stratocasters and Telecasters, and in the "80s played largely on Jackson ists and Kramer models, which he still periodically uses today. He has also used various guitars made by Gibson as well, most notably Les Pauls and Flying Vs, as well as various PRS models.
Today he uses mostly a Fernandez Brad Gillis model, or a replica built by Brad Kelley.