When I heard Joe Satriani’s Surfing with the Alien debut album back in the early 1990s I decided I wanted to play guitar. He brought back guitar playing to the mainstream. I do love other players like Van Halen, Jimmy Page, and others that have come before him, Jimi Hendrix included.
Joe or Satch has revived the guitar album, which revived interest in the guitar slinging heroes of my time. Eventually, I bought Satch’s student Steve Vai’s Passion for Warfare album, which showed that guitar can be a powerful medium to express emotions.
