Joe Satriani, “Surfing With The Alien”



We’ve been trying to learn this one forever, but we found this tab online that actually lets you hear the tab being played along with a MIDI file, which made learning the rhythm part way easier. Forget about learning the solo, though—it’s so fast, and you need a whammy bar for it, but our guitar doesn’t have one. Satriani is so fucking good. Maybe not as good as John Petrucci, but he’s definitely better than Steve Vai. Vai’s kind of overrated. Did you know Satriani was actually Vai’s guitar teacher when they were younger? Crazy, right?