When Joe Satriani and Steve Vai announced they were forming a new ... that carries extra nostalgia given Joe Satriani’s role as Kirk Hammett’s guitar teacher (as well as Vai’s, of course).

1," guitar legends Steve Vai and Joe Satriani joined Chuck Armstrong ... Satriani teaching everyone from Vai to Alex Skolnick to Kirk Hammett. "I had my hero there basically," Vai said about ...

It’s really a lot of fun doing that. Steve Vai: It’s a great riff to play. Satriani: You know what? I get a special thrill out of playing Kirk [Hammett]’s solo. Vai: [Laughs] Yeah ...

Guitar prodigies Joe Satriani and Steve Vai’s Satch Vai U.S. Tour is coming ... who would go on to achieve their own fame such as Kirk Hammett of Metallica, David Bryson of the Counting Crows ...

Sunday night at 713 Music Hall, Satriani and virtuoso guitarist Steve Vai performed together ... And Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammet was yet another of Satriani's students who went on to find ...