John (far right, natch!), with the boys in Streetfighter, Mervyn Goldsworthy, Lee Fenton and Gary Taylor

courtesy of Sylvia Bailie

John playing his Gibson SG, Streetfighter days,

courtesy of Sylvia Bailie

John during his Thin Lizzy days, courtesy of Sylvia Bailie

John with "his brother" (as Phil Lynott called him) - Mark Stanway, Three Musketeers time, 1983. Courtesy of Sylvia Bailie

John c.1984 with one of his fleet of cars (a Corvette), courtesy of Sylvia Bailie

John with a friend. Photo courtesy of Sylvia Bailie

John in a very fetching boiler suit. Photo courtesy of Sylvia Bailie

John, Lizzy time. Photo courtesy of Sylvia Bailie.

John, Whitesnake time. Photo courtesy of Sylvia Bailie

John pratting about. Photo courtesy of Sylvia Bailie.

Photo courtesy of Sylvia Bailie.

John sporting an interesting choice of outfit - Mickey Mouse t-shirt and leopardskin hotpants. Hmmm. Picture courtesy of Sylvia Bailie.

Serious case of guitar-face here. Whitesnake time. Picture courtesy of Sylvia Bailie

JS with DC behind (in his shadow, where he was firmly kept during John's Whitesnake tenure. Picture courtesy of Sylvia Bailie.

Another case of guitar-face, this time during Lizzy days. Picture courtesy of Sylvia Bailie.

Who's this young lady? Err, hold on, it's JS in one of the rather distressing schoolgirl shots from the Slide It In tour programme!