Gergo Borlai

Gretsch Artist Since: 2014

Country: ES

Band or Affiliations: Independent

Current Kit Setup:
USA Custom in Rosewood lacquer
18x22” BD, 7x10” RT, 8x12” RT, 14x14” FT, 16x16” FT, 16x18” FT, 6.5x14” SD

Bio:
Gergo is a Los Angeles/Barcelona based professional drummer, composer, producer originally from Hungary. He started playing drums at the age of 3 and started being professional session/touring drummer and play with the most successful artists in Hungary at theage of 15.

Gergo Borlai has appeared on more than a 500 albums (as drummer/composer/producer), won 3 times “drummer of the year” awards, and two "gold record awards" as well as the Golden Drumstick Prize and Fonogram’s “Jazz album of the year 2021”.

Gergo also took the 3rd place of Modern Drummer’s Poll in “best allaround drummer in 2019” behind legendary drummers like Vinnie Colaiuta and Steve Smith. In 2020 Gergo was considered for Grammy Award nomination in two categories with his last solo album (The Missing Song).

In 2021, the world’s most historical drum company, Gretsch released the Gergo Borlai Signature snare drum. Besides being a band member and session/ studio musician of world renown productions and with multi Grammy awarded musicians, Gergo
also became a clinician/educator all over the globe.

Some of the names Gergo has performed and recorded all over the planet: Frank Gambale (USA), Guthrie Govan (UK), Gary Willis (USA), Jimmy Haslip (USA), Scott Kinsey (USA), Llibert Fortuny (SP), Jeff Lorber (USA), Scott Henderson (USA), Nathan East (USA), Dean Brown (USA), Vinnie Moore (USA), Jeff Beal (USA), Matthew Garrison (USA), Tom Scott (USA), Bob Mintzer (USA), Hiram Bullock (USA), L. Shankar (India), Tony McAlpine (USA), Vernon Reid (USA), Terry Bozzio (USA), Al DiMeola (USA), Hadrien Feraud (F), Yolanda Charles (GB), Nguyen Le (F), Dhafer Youssef (TN)
.