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From a young age, he was considered a talented drummer. During his high school years, Higuchi played in seven bands. But he was not happy with this situation, wanting to focus his time on only one band. That's when schoolmate and future bandmate [[Akira Takasaki]] came along and they formed [[Lazy (band)|Lazy]].<ref name="Pecere" >{{cite web | url = http://it.netlog.com/groups/Loudness/forum/messageid=146596 | title = Storia in breve! | access-date = 2012-06-02 | last = Pecere | first = Antonio | date = 9 February 2008 | publisher = [[Netlog]] | language = it | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110714165737/http://it.netlog.com/groups/Loudness/forum/messageid=146596 | archive-date = 2011-07-14}}</ref> Lazy was formed by very young musicians and started playing easy-listening [[J-pop|pop-rock]], that slowly progressed to more complex music. Higuchi was identified in the band by the moniker "Davy".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://j-metal.freevar.com/lazy.htm |title=Lazy Biografia |access-date=2010-03-31 |year=2004 |publisher=J-Metal |language=pt |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710211911/http://j-metal.freevar.com/lazy.htm |archive-date=2012-07-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
When he and Takasaki shifted their musical interests to [[hard rock]] and [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]], they founded [[Loudness (band)|Loudness]] in 1981.<ref name="Pecere" /> During his time with Loudness, Higuchi released his first solo album, ''Destruction'', in 1983.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/destruction-mw0000365296 | title = Munetaka Higuchi Destruction review | access-date = 2012-06-02 | last = Eder | first = Bruce | work = [[Allmusic]] | publisher = [[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref> In the same year he produced and played drums
In 1997, as "Munetaka Higuchi & Dream Castle", he released the album ''Free World''. The band featured many famous musicians from the jazz and rock/metal spheres, like [[Steve Vai]], [[Stanley Clarke]], [[Billy Sheehan]], [[Ty Tabor]], [[Terry Bozzio]], [[T. M. Stevens]], [[Ronnie James Dio]], [[Richie Kotzen]], [[Paulinho Da Costa]] and others.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nme.com/nme-video/youtube/id/p55EEhqWLqM/search/terry-bozzio-and-billy-sheehan | title = Munetaka Higuchi with Dream Castle - Bell video | access-date = 2012-06-02 | work = NME.com | publisher = [[New Musical Express]]}}</ref> The album was released on February 21, 1997 in Japan.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | url = http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Munetaka_Higuchi/Free_World/107240 | title = Munetaka Higuchi - Free World | access-date = 2012-06-02 | encyclopedia = [[Encyclopaedia Metallum]]}}</ref> In 1998, he produced ''[[Cozy Powell Forever|Cozy Powell Forever ~ Tribute to Cozy Powell]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cozypowell.com/news.html | title = Cozy Powell Tribute Albums | access-date = 2010-11-21 | last = Siegler | first = Joe | date = 1999-01-27 | publisher = The Official Cozy Powell Site | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20000304143516/http://www.cozypowell.com/news.html | archive-date = 2000-03-04}}</ref> a tribute album to the recently deceased drummer [[Cozy Powell]], very popular in Japan. For the album, Higuchi had the collaboration of the best Japanese heavy metal musicians and was able to reunite his former bandmates of Loudness.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nolifetilmetal.com/tributes.htm |title=Tribute Disks |access-date=2010-03-24 |last=Waters |first=Scott |publisher=Nolifetilmetal.com }}</ref> A tour in support of the album was made with musicians from Loudness and Sly.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.amazon.com/Cozy-Powell-Forever-Live-Loudness/dp/B00000HYD9 | title = Cozy Powell Forever Live | access-date = 2010-11-21 }}</ref>
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