David Fleming continues his conversation with guitarist Steve Vai, talking about the majority of the tracks on his newest release, "Inviolate," a PHENOMENAL instrumental album. With quite a few albums out under his own name, "Inviolate" rises to, or maybe eclipses "Passion and Warfare," though that's a tough call to make. Let's just say that it's way, way, way, way up there.
KVC-Arts 5/15/22 Steve Vai & "Inviolate" part II
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