One of the great bands we opened up for was Priest back in '89. That was really great because at that time we had never met them, never toured with them before. They were a big influence on Slayer, so to open up for them was really cool.

During the third grade at the age of eight Lombardo brought a set of bongo drums with a Santana record to school for show and tell and played the bongos along with the record. The book and video contained warm ups eight sixteen and double bass grooves riding the toms and more. He's gifted with a groove that not many speed metal or metal drummers generally have.

Fantômas Philm and Testament in addition to Slayer. Lombardo's music career has spanned more than 25 years during which he has been involved in the production of 29 commercial recordings extending over a number of genres with bands such as Grip Inc.