Steve is more of a preamp gain guy “He’s tireless in trying to enhance the sound of a Stratocaster going through his pedals and his amps. I have the best seat in the house.

“Steve is a huge influence on me as a player, but beyond his music, he innovated in the guitar space as well. There's tons of products that he's at the center of.

Steve Vai: Well, I think it comes from the same place everybody's comes from, it's just an infinite well of creativity that exists in all of us. Everybody's creative, bar none.

Enter former David Lee Roth sideman and six-string god Steve Vai. In this classic 2011 interview, Vai looked back on his time as a ’Snake, and his role in 1989’s divisive Slip Of The Tongue album.