Drum Teacher Reacts: GERGO BORLAI | TamTam DrumFest Sevilla 2016 | (2021 Reaction) HE IS NOT HUMAN!

[@GergoBorlaiOfficial]

Thank you soooo much Andrew for posting this!!! And thank you people all the comments! I'm truly honored!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

😮🙌 Thank YOU!

[@Drumsholic]

Gergo this drumming is really out of this world...tell us now...what is your planet and where it is??Is clearly the best video i watch speechless and it blows my mind!! Here isn't something that you don't play instead of all genres of music!!Amazing totally!!!

[@kid808able]

Innen kell megtudjam! Na jó nem, de. Te egy dob isten vagy. Hogy nem ismer a fél ország? I have to know from here that i have a fellow hungarian who is a drum god? Half the country doesnt even know who he is. Probably more...

[@diegoleiva7242]

You're an incredible drummer, Gergo!

[@tamasfehervari2319]

@@kid808able akinek kell ismernie őt, az ismeri! A többi az lufasz!

[@myprivateyoutube1440]

This dude is absolutely the best drummer alive at the moment. Criminally underappreciated by the entire online drumming community.

[@torpedoboy4]

That's a once in a lifetime kinduva talent

[@DallasGunther]

That's the most impressive drumming I think I've ever seen.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Hard to argue Dallas

[@yeshmazav]

Gergo is on a completely different level of any other drummer ive heard. The technique and musicmanship is unbelievable!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

INSANE

[@Mmmmilo]

This left me completely speechless.

[@drummer97ty]

First time I saw Gergo was this video. Since then I have watched this performance and others of his dozens of times. I have been a drummer for about 20 years and I don't think I've ever seen a drummer like this. Gergo, you are amazing! Instantly put into my top 5 drummer list.

[@Xenfold]

The sheer skill of this performance actually opened a wormhole, I'm now starting a new life in Alpha Centauri.

[@BassGodPantheon]

🤣

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Makes sense Justin

[@peternemeth1777]

😂😂😂 lol

[@susrev88]

Gergő plays also bass on a similar level and composes music. born talent and fortunately his talents were discovered very early on. best drummer ever in hungary. played on 100+ albums. also, hide the pain harold is also a hungarian guy (andrás arató). and i'm a viewer from hungary. so triple coincidence :D

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

No he doesn't! Stop it!!!!

[@Just-a-Thought.]

Now my heart has returned to a near normal beat I can start rethinking my whole perception of drumming. With one video it's like everything I've marvelled at before has been child's play, just a build up to this performance. I'll still enjoy my old favourites but when I want to experience absolute mastery and virtuosity, from now on I'll go to Gergo Borlai. I'm 66 and finally I've found the best drummer in the World 🙏👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@christophmeirich5928]

19:00 You just heard the black hole page of Frank Zappa forward and backward 😂😅😂😅😂😅 You are a genius. Never heard such a complexity on drums. Amazing. Thx so much. Greetings from germany Christoph 🎩 🎩 🎩 🎩 🎩

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Incredible player

[@glennracoma7481]

I have no words to sufficiently describe what was just performed. I discovered Borlai about two years ago on KZbin and will always be absolutely amazed of his level of performance. He needs no band he's it. Thanks for the thoughtful critique on such a phenomenally exceptional drummer.

[@myprivateyoutube1440]

I do wish he'd find himself in a famous band. Just so more of the KZbin mouthbreathers that constantly parrot "Portnoy, Peart, Mangini, Gartska etc" could see what's what. Not that those drummers aren't all amazing, of course. They are. But Borlai easily eclipses them all. I think the only drummer I can think of that breaths the same air as Gergo is Vinnie.

[@robote7679]

It is hypnotizing watching and listening to Gergo. The quantity of orchestrated hits he has to keep track of is astounding much less then going on to play them so incredibly. I've loved the drums for five decades and in all that time Gergo stands alone in what he does on a drum set. This is actually the third time Ive watched your reaction. It's like I need to see that your seeing what I'm seeing just to assure myself that I'm not going crazy. Great reaction to an unreal performance.

[@AirwavesEnglish]

What was that?! Holy Chorizo, Batman; I don't know if I need a shit or a haircut after seeing this! OUTSTANDING in every single way. I'm blown-away.

[@oldludwig]

Gergo has been around a fair while and he's not 'just a drummer', he's an all round musician. He probably wrote the music that he's playing along to. Truly one of the most amazing players on the planet today!

[@morbidmanmusic]

ZAPPA> you didn't hear that?

[@pellepop100]

And, Zappa wrote this in the 70s! I think it was Bozzio who was his drummer at the time. But this guy blew Bozzio out of the water.

[@impalabarn5838]

Farking amazing - the best I’ve seen

[@normanwilmoth7404]

GERGO is so under recognized but is an elite drum freak and in my opinion one of the absolute best currently✌

[@BennyboyTruth]

He got a personal mention from the legendary veteran Mr Chambers at the Zildjian gig. And rightfully so.

[@ZsH85]

@@BennyboyTruth yeah! i didnt expected that but it made me feel so proud eventhough im not Borlai Gergo :D

[@samuraiface]

I saw Gergo when he toured in Tony MacAlpine and Vinnie Moore's band in 05/2018 (Umeda Club Quattro) Osaka, Japan. Amazing concert. Master musicians. Gergo(drums) , Tony( guitars and keyboards), Vinnie Moore (Guitars) and Pete Griffin (bass).

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Mind blowing player 🤯

[@jarvisprice2489]

Unbelievable talented.. The total package, Hands down. Right or left hand and foot is super strong. His timing is ridiculously on point. NO WEAKNESS AT ALL, PERIODT!!!!!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Crazy Jarvis

[@foreverirock]

I meet Gergo when he toured in Tony MacAlpine’s band in 2017. After the show Tony, Gergo, and Jeff Turcotte and I went to a bar for a few drinks while the equipment was being loaded. He's enjoyable to talk with and has a wonderful sense of humor.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Thats fantastic!

[@themeyrinkg]

Mesmerizing.. Hypnotic.. Trance.. Gergo a Sciaman Sorcerer… 🌟

[@andras.89]

Greetings from Hungary! We are proud of Gergő

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

That's great Andras!

[@danielszabo8017]

yes we are!!

[@Szabby999]

100% we are!

[@unclebear5328]

I'm new to this channel, but so far I have never seen Andrew beeing quiet for so long between his comments =O). I'm speechless too, I love it Gergo - You are next level!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Welcome aboard! This is mad

[@nadel-fu4wz]

Gergő makes us, hungarians very proud.😊

[@leobell3502]

I began learning to play the drums at age 11, 1964, when The Beatles hit stateside and my oldest brother turned me on to Jazz and I'm pushing 70. I listened to all genres of music, and to every drummer (thousands) in those genres. I've seen many videos of Mr. Gergo Borlai, including this one and this is one of his GREATEST performances, or of any drummer past and present, I have ever seen. Truly an astonishing musician. Uncle Le😎

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

So good Leo!

[@metalcedy]

I lost it when he started the Black page (Borlai Fusion Remix XD)...What a legend, he is simply incredible. Like you said, this was FEROCIOUS, i'm blown away !!

[@davidmarsalis1522]

Gergo is a great drummer. Saw him fist play years ago . But then I saw him ripping it up in a festival. And he sounds like a great guy Very humble saw his reaction when Dennis Chambers played. Then paid homage to him. He’s incredible musician.This is awesome.Reminds me of Weather Report,Miles Davis 70s heavy grooves. This is great .

[@BlakeandMarjie]

Bro 7:27 gave me fucking chills. I've watched thousands of hours of drumming videos and never seen that fill so well executed. The spacing, the mobility. He made it look so easy.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Crazy Blake. Never seen anything like it TBH

[@BlakeandMarjie]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums I checked again just to make sure - and even though there are two beaters, he only used one foot. Time to go practice...

[@dokproduction9881]

I didn't expect to hear "the black page" here... Fantastic! I'm sure Frank Zappa is laughing in heaven...and would hire Gergo ;-)

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yup!

[@gregorybalint]

i"m happy to say that i saw him million times live. Also he's one of the loudest drummer... so when he hit that snare you'll feel it.... also blink every time.. xD

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yup he looks like he'd sound super loud

[@Dragord]

Holy wowness! So incredibly amazing & out of this world skill & technique. He is godlike!

[@Lukka128]

He is a superhuman and didn't even sweat!!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Crazy!

[@RushianRichard]

Weckl and Donati are my gods but I've never heard this guy and I've never heard such a heavy soca. Incredible! 🤩😜

[@rayauclair2543]

How can he even remember all this, let alone execute it. It's absolutely AMAZING!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@BennyboyTruth]

Yep you can tell he literally lives and breaths drums! Probably eats and shits them as well! Mind = blown!

[@tobiasschremmer9823]

This is absolutely crazy. I've seen two drummers out there that are able to play with that level of confidence - Sugarfoot and Gergo. At this level it really doesn't matter what you play, whether it's the weirdest odd time or a simple 4by4, it will always sound like something out of this world. I've been hitting the drums for nearly 20 years now (never took lessons though, maybe that's the problem), but I never got anywhere near this. Look at his face, he's so on top of it! Wonder how one gets there. Absolut “Gergo(rgeous)“ Stay healthy, stay true - stay human! Greetings from Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany

[@JakobStrand]

Gergo is such a power house. Jesus christ... amazing performance!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Powerhouse is a great word for him Jakob

[@aki23bass]

On average I react to unbeliveable drummers like wow, that was amazing, mindblowing etc. My reaction on Gergő-s playing: How is this possible?

[@ivanfenton3869]

one of my favs the guy just rocks and he is such a nice guy pureness shows in his massive ability

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Incredible Ivan

[@larrypalladini2463]

BLOWN AWAY!! Speechless.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yes Larry. This is just stupid level drumming

[@quantum_beeb]

Maybe the greatest drum piece I’ve ever heard

[@rastarn]

I've lost count how many times I've watched this performance since I first saw it, and I still pick up stuff I hadn't noticed before. Just nuts! The control is astonishing.

[@runtt01]

That was the sickest version of Zappa's "The Black Page part 2" I have ever heard. holy shizet, this guy is a monster.

[@liquidportnoy]

And then into Keep it Greasy. Great to see zappa at clinics man!

[@laxtobuttgroyn1193]

I am definitely inspired. To dig out my dad's ukelele and get serious. Zappa there in the aferlife (the good part) saying, no, really, just two tracks, that's all, then you can have him right back.

[@clintwood9472]

I've never even seen anyone other than Bozio do it, and this dude totally makes it his own. Just incredible.

[@runtt01]

@@clintwood9472 I've seen Bozzio, Vinnie and Chad do it. But, this guy? Just wow.

[@clintwood9472]

jeeesuz kha-rist his foot work at 17:19 just made Mt Everest six feet shorter. My God, I've never before witnessed such precision.

[@titiyruud]

The Black Page #3 😉......the Gergo Borlai version!! Beautiful played Zappa song

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Crazy Ruud!

[@marksowers5041]

This is on another level of unreal! Bless You, Dear Gergo.

[@nemesisinvidia5792]

Ça calme ! Gergo est un tueur !

[@danielfrank8982]

...outstanding performance, never heard something close to this! I'm shure you need to listen at least 100 times, to hear the epic details! WOW!!!😀

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Insanity Daniel

[@markopuranen5910]

Coming back to this after some time made me think why Gergo is so god damn impressive. The one thing I can come up with is what seems to be an almost unlimited freedom to improvise in the most ridiculous time signatures. He just feels the pulse and flies around it like a hurricane. Edit. Oh yeah, he's also got really, really fast hands.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

There's a violence about his playing for me Marko. It's so explosive

[@markopuranen5910]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums Yeah, he's truly relentless when he's in the zone. I can't help laughing, it's so ridiculous.

[@chrisgoudy1954]

Gergo is an unbelievable drummer. His musical and technical vocabulary is seemingly endless.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Insanity Chris!

[@fishfinderchartersdavis9556]

Oh my god What a beast I’m shattered by this Love it 😊 Awsome !!!!!

[@Ultra-Collector]

Those double heal, toe kicks were extremely clean! His playing is just all around Supra ultra clean! The time changes are absolutely nuts!

[@phildupuis1084]

This is not the first time I've said "that was amazing" on your page but this tops them all. I can't another human on the planet that could do what I just heard. Loved this video....the music, the performance and your reaction.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Madness

[@pellepop100]

I’ve been playing drums as an on and off hobby for more than 30 years but when I see this I feel as I have some sort of neurological condition that makes my limbs move in slomo and my thinking and plannimg ability even slower.

[@wolframreactor74]

What is amazing to me is the stick height he gets yet his hands rarely get to the level of the shoulders. The power and attack he delivers is mind blowing. That is some serious wrist flexibility…. Go go Gergo! All hail Magyarország!!!

[@dgarreis]

Just found your channel looking up this guy. And to think I have never seen or heard of him. Wow off the charts. How does he even remember half of it and on top of it he takes a moment a smiles like he knows. When finished you would think he would be dripping in sweat. Anyway just subbed and thank you for sharing.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Glad you found this dude Daniel! CRAZY

[@SirianXM]

I feel like an earless idiot for never having heard Gergo Borlai play until now... Thank you Andrew & Patreon person for this video!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yes he's incredible

[@3800lsxRockahendrixxx]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums Sounds like Dennis Chambers... so much to me the John Scofield and Niacin Days lol

[@liliIiliIilil]

Props to all the sound guys, too. Everyone involved with this did a fantastic job.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Well said!

[@ThePaulusB]

How great musicality is in his drumming. Non-self-serving, "triple stabbed Rittberger" performance! It feels good to see you in the right place Gergő! Thank You Andrew for this!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

My pleasure to share the Gergo-ness

[@madmaxsax9662]

After this, my coffee's now cold, because i forget drinking. Gergo is an alien. 👽

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Bats**t nuts

[@akulcsar9135]

Awesome, thank you Gergo Borlai

[@Jamie6029]

This dude is a beast. I am definitely going to check out some of his other videos

[@joe95jl]

I never thought someone could get as good as this. Damn! I'm shocked in a good and amazed way. Great video man! ... how is he actually able to memorize all of this. Damn!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yes Johannes. Hard to believe a human being can do this LOL

[@billwhitman4125]

There should be a health disclaimer at the beginning warning you that if you have heart problems you might want to pass on this video. He is sooo good . Ferocious is the proper description of this video. Especially from 15:40 on. Great reaction Andrew

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Thanks Bill! Yup no ones ready for this!

[@Smokey4President]

best drummer ever imo

[@ChurchOfTheHolyMho]

Whoa! Right off the bat, I was thinking interesting time changes - until I realized it was straight up 7/4. We get a heavy 4/4 track. We get a cowbell click in 2 tracks to aid us in following the meter - awesome (w/ some fretless bass action). We get tuplet paradise with increasing tuplets (I think) - I definitely need to listen to more 5 tuplets to "hear" them. Then some tasty 9/8 goodness. The clarity is unreal. Implying different meters is unreal. Accuracy. Impressive. Thanks to the original requestor and for the reaction. (Another of your videos convinced me to change my reso heads... I wonder if this video will add top tom heads to that order... Those were tasty. lol)

[@KDedous]

Frank would be very proud of this guy. What a machine!!!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

💯🙌

[@BobbyJetty1502]

His snare sound is incredible.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Agree

[@cdsmock4512]

Having access to that multi-track recording would be amazing. Just to solo out the snare or a single tom would be mind blowing.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Mind blowing player

[@Tisnieanders]

Andrew, thank you, you make me smile and laughing with your facial expression and comments. I learn new drummers knowing. El Estepario? Amazing. Gergo? awesome. Grtz from Holland

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Thanks so much for watching

[@Tisnieanders]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums by the way, at the moment that you ask yourself if Gergo is using a double pedle, at 3.30, he plays single, you concluding later that he plays double. Amazing hoe fast. It’s for myself difficult to play so fast for long time.

[@barabasbela9466]

Hi Andrew! Gergő is a very kind, nice, and modest guy! And...... hi can play on bass guitar almost the same :-))))))) we all proud of Him! All the Best!

[@SteventerHorst]

Never heard of this cat. What a phenomenal drummer! There’s something in his style that reminded me tip Michael Schack for a reaction video. Michael is a full on e-drummer. Also really next level and highly entertaining!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

This is insane Steven!

[@benkrov]

Of course, this is an outstanding example of technically finest drumming (Gergo is a professor for Jazz!). But what i love most about this concert is the level of musicality (?), this idea of "a" music, a song, in which all instruments are equal participants. I also really like the variety of musical references in it, as i hear ideas or sounds of Frank Zappa, old Genesis, Dream Theater, System of a down, George Clinton, and...and...and... and i'm only halfway through...

[@fusionfan6883]

Well said - my thought exactly. I love how he avoids simpy soling, but shows his incredible talent within the context of an overall piece of music perfectly designed to showcase him.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Thanks for the awesome input Ben!

[@greatmusicgoodfeel826]

WOW, Thanks for posting this mind blowing kid. He MUST be a Machine, I can't believe some human can play like this . I bet upon further examination you will find a futuristic electronic skeleton tied to his arms and legs . This is-just nuts 👏

[@Shrike_]

The word your looking for at 5:46 is "Relentless". Thanks for introducing me to all these amazing drummers.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Thanks for that! Yup relentless nails it!!

[@Shrike_]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums Happy to help!

[@bobskeleton4019]

I don’t know if someone said that before but it’s like watching the matrix movie when he stops bullets in the air, he’s dancing all around the beat. I wouldn’t even know what he does in the band, he’s everywhere dancing all around, it’s in-sane

[@Balliatiiviska]

just when you thought you've seen it all after all there years scrolling drummers on KZbin 😅 This guy is like a familiar stranger to me because I knew his name but never had watched any of his performances. This was insanely good 💪🙌

[@TheOlvan]

Watching this again because I wanted my mind blown. Figured why not Gergo?! Gergo blows minds!

[@TheOlvan]

Love the Keep it Greazy groove at the end. Gets me every time...

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yup. It's unreal

[@brendanmcg8566]

Not only is it God Tier difficult, but it's incredibly tasteful and pretty on the ears with the perfect dynamics. Very hard to get the best of both worlds, this guy and like Gavin imo the only two that truly are at this level.

[@DJBuglip]

I love your analysis. Subbed. And I'll repeat what I said on your other vid. Gergo Borlai is the best drummer on the planet.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Hard to argue

[@DJBuglip]

Of course I'm a guitarist. What do I know, lol?

[@imulippo5245]

This is the most chaotic, yet precise drumming i have ever heard. Mathematical and schizofrenic. Robotic but also freeflowing. I'm not even sure do i like listening something like this, but this man has his own style.

[@driftwood4625]

I drum like this guy before I wake up in the morning.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

HAHA! Me too!

[@ericstrong513]

Yep, first time I saw this vid, OMG!!! Gergo is an incredible and rock solid percussionist. Completely blew me away with his skills. Awesome set and great selection of tracks to play to. Was there some Zappa in there too? Sure sounded like it. Be Well, E...

[@kaynesantor8136]

Ya man, this dude is amazing. Like all the greats, he makes it look easy and fun. His face tells you hes loving it, that's key. Also, have you ever heard of Riccardo Merlini? Please, please check him out. If you're not already hip to him, I promise, you've never seen anything like this before. Nice work man.

[@davemadman7093]

Awesome display of talent🤣 he's just phenomenal 😀👍great reaction andrew.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Glad you enjoyed it Dave!

[@thehannomeiring]

yes I liked before viewing, I am so confident that I have an extra pair of socks when the current ones are blown off.

[@BBEDrummerAK]

My favorite comment thus far. Bravo!! 😂😂

[@istvanwurm7050]

Crazy! When noise really separates from music. Remarkable.

[@patrickmcnelis1520]

If not for a reaction, but for just your viewing, Drumeo had Gergo on doing a solo.....epicness beyond epicness

[@helenlig323]

Thanks, Andrew, for translating this into English. I can hear that he has amazing skills although I don't understand it (I don't speak "Drum"). I'm glad he smiled a couple of times - I was concerned he might be a cyborg.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Not sure he's human!

[@BennyboyTruth]

Greg you are a force to be reckoned with! Definitely some Royster influence in there for sure!

[@dennerjd]

Okay. I messed up. I commented way too early. This had me on my feet in awe. I'm angry I can't watch the whole thing right now because I have to go to work so I can afford to watch these videos.

[@Chimp_6]

"Hey, do you want to play on our new song?" GERGO - "Sure!" "Do you want to hear it first?" GERGO - "No, that's OK .... 1-2-3-4" BOOM!!!!!!

[@ALBundy73]

I'm not english fluent so ....let's speak french : mon plus grand respect pour cette incroyable performance , un concentré de musicalité rythmique et d'expression musicale mélodique sur une batterie .

[@vgaportauthority9932]

Never seen anything like this before. Wow.

[@Newtperc]

Speaking of smooth. I’d love to see you react to Chris Coleman! He’s so smooth and intensely powerful

[@melomandrumspassion3959]

Remembers me a lot of Sean Reinhert. Excellent drummer

[@phildupuis1084]

This is probably me tenth time viewing this and it blows my mind every time

[@rokapali69]

This guy is an alien, how can you play like this....?

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

He's on another planet

[@ІгунінДмитро]

Just good.🎉. My apologies, so good! 🎉

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Sure is

[@garyv5489]

Never heard of this dude but my god he's ripping it! I heard a whole lot of Zappa licks in those tracks he was drumming to which was an awesome surprise too

[@kevinclark452]

This absolutely awesome. Can't say anything else about it.

[@jameswolff4925]

Appreciate you putting all these good videos up