After edging a tight first set, the Premier League Champion took seven legs in a row to lead 3-0, and take total command of the game with some incredible darts.
Lloyd fought back to take the fourth set, only for Anderson to win the fifth with three successive legs to complete a fine performance, which included a 10-darter and two 11-dart finishes.
"I was very motivated for tonight's game, and I feel that I really showed up tonight," said Anderson, who ended the match with a three dart average of 100.65.
"I've been a bit patchy in my first couple of games against Jyhan Artut and Devon Petersen. Tonight was much better and I'm looking forward to the quarter-finals now."
Anderson hit double top at the first time of asking to open the match, before Lloyd claimed the second to level in 14 darts.
The Scot, who defeated Devon Petersen in the second round, hit a 120 checkout to take the third leg and then opened the fourth with a 177, only for Lloyd to post a 177 to level again.
A dramatic deciding leg saw Anderson miss a host of chances to seal the set, but Lloyd was unable to capitalise as he missed a dart at double 16 and the number four seed took out double one to edge the set.
Anderson then finished 81 for an 11-darter to start the second set, landed another 180 in winning the second in 15 darts before posting scores of 134, 180 and 171 to set up a ten-darter in establishing a two-set lead.
Lloyd could only applaud the Scot as they entered the break, with Anderson using just 36 darts to win the set in four minutes and 13 seconds, although the Essex star returned to open the third set with a 180 of his own.
Anderson, though, maintained the relentless pace with a 13-dart finish to make a winning start to set three, and he then hit double top to take the next, after Lloyd was off-target with three darts at double four.
Anderson then hit a second 13-darter in the space of three legs to move 3-0 up and go one set away from a place in the quarter-finals.
Anderson won his eighth successive leg at the start of the fourth set with a 70 finish, after Lloyd missed three attempts at doubles.
However, Lloyd stepped in after Anderson missed a dart at double 18 for a 156 checkout to take the second with a 64 finish to win his first leg since the opening set.
The Colchester-based thrower won the third leg on double one, before Anderson recorded another 13-darter to move one leg away from victory.
The deciding leg saw Lloyd miss two darts to win the set, but Anderson could set up a shot a double and allowed him back to hit double one again to win the set and reduce the gap to 3-1.
Anderson held throw at the start of the fifth set, before taking the second leg against the darts by landing double seven with his third dart.
That put the Scot one leg away from victory, and he fired in two 180s in the third leg before taking out 82 with a bullseye, double 16 combination for an 11-darter to end Lloyd's challenge.
"I've been struggling so it's nice to wake up and it came good tonight," said Anderson. "Colin's the type of player I like to play against, and it produced some good darts.
"Simon's a class player and it will be a great fight on Friday."
Lloyd admitted: "I could have taken the first set, but I didn't and after that Gary produced his best game so far in the tournament.
"I knew it would be a hard game and I don't think I played too badly, but he went crash, bang, wallop for a while. He was on top of his game and he put me to bed, and I can't argue with that.
"I've enjoyed the tournament and I'm upbeat at the minute, and hopefully my performances have shown people that I'm playing well again."
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