Phillips played for The Who during their 1989 American reunion tour. He has also released his own albums Protocol in 1988, Force Majeure in 1992, Symbiosis in 1995, Another Lifetime in 1997, Vantage Point in 2000, Protocol II in 2013, Protocol III in 2015, and Protocol IV in 2017. Phillips took over for Jeff Porcaro in Toto when he passed away and then left the band to focus on his own music. In 2003 he was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame.
