Guitarist/composer Steve Vai helped lead the late 80s instrumental metal, "shred" guitar wave with his lead guitar work in several metal bands and his second solo album Passion and Warfare (1990).
At the time that Steve Vai released his landmark album, Passion and Warfare, in 1990, it seemed like a huge step forward from where he’d begun with Flex-Able, his 1984 debut. The two projects came ...