Gergo Borlai is a Los Angeles/Barcelona-based professional drummer, composer, and producer originally from Hungary.

Gergo started playing drums at the age of 3 and became a professional session/touring drummer, playing with the most successful artists in Hungary at the age of 15. He has appeared on more than 500 albums (as drummer/composer/producer), won 3 “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 3rd place in Modern Drummer’s Poll for “Best All-Around Drummer” in 2019, behind legendary drummers Vinnie Colaiuta and Steve Smith. In 2020, he was considered for a Grammy Award nomination in two categories with his solo album The Missing Song.

In 2021, the world’s most historic drum company, Gretsch, released the Gergo Borlai Signature Snare Drum. Besides being a band member and session/studio musician on world-renowned productions with multi-Grammy Award–winning musicians, Gergo has also become a clinician and educator worldwide.

Some of the names Gergo has performed and recorded with around the world include: 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 Di Meola (USA), Hadrien Feraud (F), Yolanda Charles (GB), Nguyen Le (F), and Dhafer Youssef (TN).