I love Billy Cobham's drumming too, especially on the first two Mahavishnu albums, 'Inner Mounting Flame,' and 'Birds of Fire.' I'm less familiar with 'The Lost Trident Sessions' and 'Between Nothingness and Eternity,' both of which I have, and will probably listen to again soon. That said, there's something about Narada's drumming that really kicks ass that hit's the spot for me in a way that Billy Cobham's at times doesn't - Narada really goes for it in a muscular way that's different from Cobham's approach/sound. It's probably due to the music and sound of the recordings inc. the drums, but the on the Mahavishnu records with Narada on, he seems to hit harder and play in a way that's also, to me, more conducive to dancing along to than Cobham's drumming on the early Mahavishnu records, which seems more cerebral, but great/legendary nonetheless.
P.S. For anyone reading this who haven't heard Mahavishnu Orchestra, I definitely recommend their albums, 'Inner Mounting Flame,' 'Birds of Fire,' 'Apocalypse,' 'Visions of the Emerald Beyond,' and Syan's suggestion above.
I'm currently listening to this record again. It contains some great tunes and features some great musicians inc. Aretha, Bernard Purdie, Dr. John, Chuck Rainey, Cornell Dupree (RIP), Al Jackson (RIP), Donny Hathaway (RIP), Billy Preston (RIP), Eric Gale, and more... Also, here's a video that I just made - it's me drumming to one of the tracks from the above album:
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