Canadian (Quebec) singer-songwriter-musician who had long accompanied Claude Dubois. In the mid 90s, Toyo (real name, Mario Chagnon) teamed up with Offenbach guitarist John McGale, and as the duo McGale & Toyo (aka John & Toyo) they released 3 albums (Symbiose 1994, Noel U.N. Plugged 1995 and Blood Brothers in 1996). Before his projects with McGale, Toyo recorded and released 3 solo albums. His self-titled debut vinyl LP was released in 1988. Two years later, he released the English versions of the same melodic-rock songs under the title of Magic (CD only). His final solo effort, released in 1991, was another French language CD entitled Laissez-Moi Partir. As of 2017, his three solo titles, as well as his albums with John McGale, are all long out-of-print.