More likely a CD mech issue, as in laser, spindle, sled switch. So many things and cause same issue.
Taking ages to start spinning is definitely not right. It should instantly spinup, read toc and then start loading, like Leighs.
Yes, that was really odd, I think it took about 10 seconds to do ANYTHING, I thought it was dead again. But since then, its been working just fine.
Actually, I do have some more games, I'll test those out on my CD32 later and see if it has any issues again.