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After Tony Royster Jr. kicked things off on Monday, Drum Solo Week II continued Tuesday on The Late Show with David Letterman as the program welcomed Gavin Harrison of Porcupine Tree.

The second round of spotlight on drummers follows the first series in June, when drummers Anton Fig, Sheila E., jazz legend Roy Haynes and Rush’s Neil Peart took center stage.

Up next is former Police drummer Stewart Copeland on Wednesday, and then the week wraps up with jazz drummer Dennis Chambers on Thursday.

A British drummer and percussionist, Gavin Harrison is best known for playing with the Porcupine Tree, which he joined in 2002. As of 2011, he also plays with the band King Crimson.

Harrison has authored two instructional drum books entitled "Rhythmic Illusions and Rhythmic Perspectives." He also wrote and produced his own instructional DVDs, "Rhythmic Visions" and "Rhythmic Horizons," at his home studio. 2010 saw the release of "Rhythmic Designs," a book of transcriptions by Terry Branam, and a 3 hour DVD of Gavin's explanations and demonstrations. It won 'Best In Show' at the summer NAMM show in the USA.

In 2007 Gavin began a long term collaboration with singer/extended range bass player 05Ric, which led to the release of two CDs “Drop” and then “Circles” (2009).

In 2008, Gavin joined King Crimson as part of a dual-drummer lineup with Pat Mastelotto; Gavin played a number of US shows with the band.

He won the Modern Drummer magazine readers' poll for "best progressive drummer of the year" consecutively from 2007-2010. He is the featured cover story on Modern Drummer January 2009. Rolling Stone magazine polls rate him as the third best drummer in the past 25 years.