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Nir Zidkyahu (born November 1967, in Rishon Lezion, Israel) is a well-established studio-session drummer, and the brother of Blackfield's drummer Tomer Zidkyahu. He played the drums for eight songs on Genesis' 1997 album, Calling All Stations, and subsequently joined the band for their 1998 tour. In 2001, he drummed on John Mayer's breakthrough album, Room for Squares. Since then, he's played drums and percussion for various major artists including Jason Mraz, Joss Stone, Alana Davis, and most recently in 2006, continued to solidify his reputation as a top rock session drummer by recording with Flaw on their Endangered Species record, Chris Cornell on his second solo album, Carry On, released in 2007. Notably, Zidkyahu played on Cornell's song "No Such Thing" and also on Mayer's song of the same name. Zidkyahu can be heard playing on several songs of the comeback album, Skyscraper, for former Journey singer Steve Augeri's original band Tall Stories, released on January 23, 2009.