Passion And Warfare 1990

"This is Steve's masterpiece. Freshly coming out of playing with Zappa, on this album he really managed to combine the zappaesqe quirkiness with virtuosic melodic shred. Just about everything about this album is bleeding edge, including the guitar harmonizing (achieved by Eventide equipment)."

"For the aspiring virtuoso guitarist, this album is, like Surfing With the Alien, a textbook example in virtuoso guitar and instrumental rock guitar.

It goes from rocking tunes like Erotic Nightmares and The Audience is Listening, which are also very quirky, to quieter songs like Sisters, which displays Vai's talent for rhythm guitar as well, to the absolute masterpiece and incredibly display of soulful playing, For the Love of God"