"She's a wonderful person. So that was half of the quest, can we find somebody that's gonna be really fun to be with? She's really a lovely person. She laughs easily. She felt immediately comfortable. I think she was quite nervous in those first few days... But she worked really hard. She prepped for it. She had five songs, and we went through those songs. But by the fourth day, Ged and I, we talked and we weren't quite sold on it."
"And we talked to her about the importance of the feel that Neil had in his drum arrangements. And then on the fifth day, which was the final day that we rehearsed - bang! - she just nailed all those songs. And that turned everything around. And we again got together at the studio and thought, 'Okay, this is really gonna be worth doing.'"
"But that was the moment that the final tumbler clicked into place. On that day he's describing, it was very much like that. We had all these questions, and that day those questions were erased. And we knew we had so"
Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson and bassist-singer Geddy Lee discussed their experience working with new drummer Anika Nilles in preparation for the band's reunion tour. During early rehearsals in March, Nilles initially struggled to capture the distinctive feel of late drummer Neil Peart's arrangements. However, on the fifth day of rehearsals, she delivered a breakthrough performance that convinced Lifeson and Lee she was the right choice. The band continued working with Nilles through additional rehearsal sessions in June, August, and November, during which she became increasingly comfortable with the material and the band's dynamic.
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