Vai says he approached the opportunity from a place of love and freedom, not to cut down one of the world’s greatest guitar ...

In 1985, Roth – fresh from leaving Van Halen – went about establishing his solo career. In his new band, an elite electric ...

But one of the most challenging six-string adversaries he’s come across in all his years was Yngwie Malmsteen, with whom he ...

Steve Vai is on list after list of the top guitar players of our time, and has rocked alongside legends Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth, John Lydon, and Ozzy Osbourne.

However, don’t ask Steve Vai to consider the gig. The guitar virtuoso, who was Roth’s right hand man after the incomparable frontman left Van Halen for a solo career during the mid-80s, has no ...

Joe Satriani and Steve Vai When: 7:30 p.m. April 13. Where: MGM Northfield Park Center Stage, 10777 Northfield Road, Northfield. Tickets: $37 to $149. Info: ticketmaster.com.

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Joe Satriani and Steve Vai are ready to rock out in 2024. The guitar legends will head out on a “Satch/Vai Tour” beginning on March 22 in Orlando and will wrap up on May 8 in Salt Lake City.

Steve Vai: “Joe Satriani has an ear like none other. When I was a kid he would say, ‘No, don’t vibrate it out of tune. You’ll sound like an idiot!’” There were creative tensions. There is, of course, ...

It is always fun to reconnect with folks who I’ve chatted with earlier, but none of them have had such a long break between interviews as today’s artist Steve Vai. At age 12 he started taking ...

Steve Vai says he learned something very important from his years of playing guitar in Frank Zappa's band. “Frank did whatever he wanted," says Vai in a call from a soundcheck in Ontario, Canada.