Toto co-founder on the enduring power of its iconic hit 'Africa'

Apart from playing in Toto, Lukather was also a session musician on hundreds of albums, including Michael Jackson’s Thriller. — TNS

Toto had a handful of hits in the 1970s and 1980s but was never considered among the top echelon of arena rock acts of that era along the lines of Journey, Styx and Foreigner.

Yet two factors have brought the band into the 2020s with greater prominence and bigger tours than ever: the growth of the soft-rock genre known as yacht rock and a new generation discovering Africa, its only No.1 song from 1983.