After graduating from Penticton Secondary School, Reno briefly joined the band Moxy for a single album, Under the Lights, released in 1978.

[4] Eventually, Reno was introduced to Paul Dean in 1979 at a nightclub called The Refinery[5] and they immediately got together for a jam session, which led to the formation of Loverboy shortly thereafter.

In 2003, artist Tim Feehan released a solo album Tracks I Forgot About containing a song that features Reno on vocals, "Call of the Wild".

In the late 1990s, during a VH1 interview, Reno attributed the decline of Loverboy to the rise of grunge bands such as Pearl Jam and Nirvana.

The album was reportedly recorded in 1992, and was supposed to be released by Sony but they chose instead to indefinitely shelve the project due to changes in the music industry--the changes touched on by Reno in his previously mentioned VH1 interview.

The band's latest full album of all-new material is Unfinished Business, released on July 15, 2014, through Loverboy Music.