He was a great delivery method for Jim Steinman's bombastic songs.
Obviously Bat Out of Hell was a hard album to follow up on but I think he regained his footing after he & Steinman reunited for Bat II.
I have to say that I really enjoyed the album run between Bat II through Bat III. He sure knew how to pick female vocalists to duet with. Patti Russo, Marion Raven, Jennifer Hudson, his daughter Pearl, and of course Ellen Foley & Karla Devito.
And that band line-up on the first album. WOW. Rundgren & Utopia + E-Streeter's Weinberg & Bittan + Edgar Winter and Rory Dodd what an all-star lineup.
A sad day.