Ritchie Blackmore - guitar, producer
Doogie White - lead vocals
Paul Morris - keyboards
Greg Smith - bass, backing vocals
John O’Reilly - drums

The line-up is completely new, reprising none of Rainbow’s earlier members. Wisely going for a fresh start, Blackmore got together vocalist Doogie White, bassist Greg Smith, drummer John O’Reilly and keyboardist Paul Morris. With them, he revisited his classic blues-inspired hard rock sound, mixing it with a dose of medieval/mystical 70’s Rainbow. It was about the best thing he could have done.
Because after some very poor work from the brilliant guitarist in the 80’s, now he knew what his strengths were. His strength was not being dramatic or cheesy: his strength was making honest hard rock with a traditional bluesy flare. Stranger In Us All does this, and does it well, never really trying to create something new when it shouldn’t. Thanks to White’s powerful an distinctive enough voice and Blackmore’s revitalized guitar work, the album succeeds. White is the best vocalist Rainbow has had since Dio, not overdoing his work like Turner, or being a bit too cocky like Bonnet, and is a huge relief, and for the first time since the 70’s, we can hear the rhythm section playing.
As said, Stranger’s strongest part are the traditional bluesy hard rock songs, once again empowered by Blackmore’s strong leads. The likes of Wolf to the Moon and Cold Hearted Woman can easily measure up to the guitarist’s earlier work, and remind us he can definitely still do it in 1995. To great surprise, there are even some successful Dio-era-inspired cuts with a mystical sense, such as Black Masquerade and Hall of the Mountain King. Stranger In Us All wraps together what was good about Deep Purple and what was good about early Rainbow.
Much more isn’t there to say. Stranger In Us All is as good as it would get, and after earlier continuously fading hope, Rainbow went out with a kind of bang at last. This was also Blackmore’s final hard rock endeavour. Shortly after, he would form Blackmore’s Night with his now-wife Candice Night, a neo-medieval/folk rock group. He’s still in it today, and it’s probably what he does best now. For both him and Rainbow, Stranger In Us All was a final hurrah.
(sputnikmusic.com/review/34136/Rainbow-Stranger-In-Us-All/#:~:text=Thanks%20to%20White's%20powerful%20an%20distinctive%20enough,we%20can%20hear%20the%20rhythm%20section%20playing.)