Recovering music library after restoring iPod Touch

My uncle bought a used iPod Touch, which came with a bunch of music on it.  At some point, it froze on him, and he restarted it, and then restored it.  At that point, he lost all that music.  He is hoping to get it back.  I told him that the music is probably still on the drive but is just not showing up in iTunes.  I've tried to rescue it using Disk Utility, but his iPod Touch doesn't even show up in my Disk Utility.  Any ideas, or is he out of luck?

"He has no legal right to any music that was on the ipod when he bought it.  He should not have the music in the first place."
That's not necessarily true.  Music from CDs and the iTunes store is one thing, but now all music comes from those sources.  There is a lot of music that is freely shared, royalty free, and not bound by any copyright or publishing, because that is how the musicians responsible for it want their music to be treated. 
But regardless of the legality of the songs, if recovering files is an absolute impossibility on an iPod Touch, then you just helped me decide not to buy one.  Thanks for the insight.  I'll let my uncle know .

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