Nova was born in Montreal, Quebec, to Italian immigrant parents from a small village near Rome.

[1] After supporting the Twitch album, Nova's label refused to release him from his contract, and he stopped working with Portrait.

In 1990, Aldo Nova wrote the main guitar riff used in the Jon Bon Jovi song, "Blaze of Glory".

He co-wrote the hit song, "A New Day Has Come" for Dion, and has been featured playing guitar, synthesizer, and percussion on her records.

[8] He co-wrote the Latin Grammy nominated song "Aqui" for the Chilean rock group La Ley on the album Uno.

[10] In early 2019, Nova announced to Loudwire that he would release a rock opera in June 2020 under the name The Life and Times of Eddie Gage.